Grassroots rugby now in a fight for its future

Paul Rees says both the RFU and WRU are struggling to make the numbers add up and face some hard choices
Two years ago, Old Elthamians were thrown out of National League One and demoted to the bottom of the English league pyramid after the death of their backer left them in debt and needing to find a new ground.
The club, which in 14 years had risen from Level 10 to Level 3 and missed out on promotion to the Championship by five points, argued that it should be relegated to National League Two. The RFU disagreed, pointing to a lack of registered players, the ground issue and debts owed to rug...

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