NICK CAIN
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The Championship clubs are standing up to be counted by sticking an iron bar through the spokes of Bill Sweeney’s Premiership franchise wheel, unanimously rejecting the RFU chief executive’s Premiership 2 model.
The Championship’s statement on Friday night refusing to go along with Sweeney’s plan, which amounted to little more than a league of vassal clubs with no purpose other than to furnish the Premiership with players, deserved to be binned.
The Championship’s strong, measured statement makes it clear that its 11 clubs unanimously support ...