PREMIERSHIP Rugby faces a battle to get plans for a 13-team top-flight over the line after Championship clubs rejected an initial offer to buy their compliance as ‘derisory’.
Premiership clubs hellbent on moving closer to ring-fencing aim to expand the size of their league for the 2020/21 season, with a play-off thereafter between the team finishing bottom playing the winners of the Championship to decide promotion and relegation.
The Premiership currently contributes £1.7m towards Championship funding and is believed to have offered a small increase. However,...