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Ward: Urgent change needed to save game

By LUKE JARMYN

If the RFU want to secure rugby’s future as a top level sport, the time for change is now, says Ealing Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward.
Ward is urging the RFU to focus on expanding the game in a similar way to how professional rugby has grown in France over recent years, and dictate to Premiership Rugby and its shareholder clubs.
He feels that falling playing numbers at grassroots level, issues around concussion and head injuries, falling attendances and debt at Premiership clubs alongside the lack of promotion and relegation between the top two flights shows the ne...

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