IT is significant that the latest statement by the Championship clubs, seeking to protect their position in the English rugby hierarchy, highlights the need for a “whole game solution”.
This surely cannot be doubted and the agreements now being negotiated by the RFU must above all ensure that adequate funding and administrative support for true community clubs all the way down the league tiers is guaranteed.
The contractual commitment of massive subsidies to PRL clubs under the Professional Game Agreement has been responsible for a dramatic reduction in such support and...