PREMIERSHIP cheerleaders itching to break out the bunting in support of ringfencing should think again. The successful football fan rebellion against the European Super League, reclaiming their game from money-first owners prepared to trash the aspirational promotion-relegation culture of the sport, is a warning shot for the Premiership’s fat cat owners, and their RFU acolytes.
It tells them that if they push ahead with their attempts to ringfence the top English league – supposedly until 2024 – at the RFU Council meeting scheduled for June, they will be going against the wishes of the ma...