French show how it’s done AFTER five successive defeats, should England get rid of its overseas player rule?
While they’re about it, the RFU should also ditch the Premiership ring fence. There is no such restriction, nor any ring fence, in France’s Top 14, and that competition is proving to be a far better vehicle for developing Test players.
The overseas restriction is likely to stay as the Premiership needs it. The question is whether the rest of English rugby, the RFU, the hundreds of non-Premiership clubs, and the national team needs it. They plainly donȁ...