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Ring-fence would sap vitality

IN contrast to Colin Boag’s assertions that the English game can only be saved by the end of promotion and relegation, I’d submit that the system is clearly working as intended.
In this year’s Champions and Challenge cup semifinals, four out of the eight teams came from England, and eight out of eight from leagues with promotion and relegation.
Indeed it is Exeter, who won promotion ten years ago, and Bristol, who spent most of the past decade in the second tier, who are representing England in the finals.
Yes, rugby finances are in a parlous state, but I fail to see how c...

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