NICK CAIN
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THE desultory manner in which the Championship clubs have been treated by the RFU continued this week, when Bill Sweeney made a token offer to trim the yearly cut they will have to bear to £135,000 rather than £220,000.
The Championship clubs should tell RFU chief executive Sweeney that any cuts are unacceptable. They should then tell him to take a good look across the Channel at how the French organise their professional club game.
The RFU have often had a superiority complex when it comes to French rugby admi...