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Lam: 11-team Premiership works well

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The Rugby Paper Team
15 January 2023

By PAUL REES

Bristol boss: Pat Lam

PAT Lam wants to see the Premiership remain an 11-club tournament amid calls for the number to be reduced to 10 after the end of next season.
Club officials have been talking about the issue in recent weeks following the demise of Worcester and Wasps as well as the salary cap which is scheduled to rise next year from £5m to £6.4m.
“No one wanted to see what happened to Worcester and Wasps,” said Lam, Bristol’s director of rugby, “but I think that having 11 clubs has been a success. Their players have been spread across teams and increased the qual...

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