Nick Cain

American ‘partnership’ will be far from friendly

by
The Rugby Paper Team
29 October 2017

This afternoon Twickenham is once again opening its doors to American Football by hosting the NFL “international series” game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Cleveland Browns. It is the fourth NFL game played in London this autumn, with the matches split between the home of English Rugby Union and Wembley.
The RFU will be paid a kings ransom by the NFL for rolling out the red carpet to the American sporting invasion – and let’s hope that it is doing so with its eyes wide open.
This so-called international series is part of an NFL strategy to export its code t...

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