SO CVC have stumped up £365m to become 1/7th partners in the Six Nations. That’s how rugby rolls these days as World Rugby stands by toothless and hapless. A European nations tournament ought to belong to every nation on the continent with promotion and relegation at every level but was long ago hijacked by a cosy club and their financiers. The rugby life is being strangled out of wider European rugby by this cartel.
We knew CVC were coming just as we know that with CVC looking to boost further the tournament’s commercial value that a pay-for-view tournament...