JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

With the start of a new year, it’s the beginning of a new RFU and Premiership partnership which will give England the chance to once again be the world leaders in the sport, or so we have been told. RFU rep Conor O’Shea and the Premiership DoRs are keen to get the new deal signed off even though there are still a number of issues that really don’t make sense.
The new deal is supposed to give Steve Borthwick more control over a group of chosen players who will be offered hybrid contracts. I hate to be the one to say it, but wasn’t that the whole id...