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Jersey good enough for Lions but not for Prem

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The Rugby Paper Team
3 October 2021

JERSEY Reds are top of the Championship. They have outstanding training facilities, complete with altitude training chambers, at the Strive complex which was used by the Lions to prepare for the 2021 tour of South Africa.
The training complex is next door to Jersey’s compact 4,000 capacity Stade Santander stadium, and it all speaks of a club with organisational ability, financial stability – and the ambition to play at the highest level.
Yet, should they go on to win the Championship title this season, they will have nowhere to go. The Premiership cartel of 13 clubs will ...

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