Leagues have caused the loss of playing numbers

JEFF PROBYN

COLIN Boag’s article last week struck a number of chords that many have argued about the unavoidable future for the game and sadly I think he may be correct.The difference between the professional game and the lower leagues is growing exponentially as the professional clubs continue to plough their own farrow and damn the rest as the RFU seemingly is unable or unwilling to reign them in.One thing Colin got wrong was the reason for the massive reduction in the numbers of senior adult male players, where a recent survey reported it as a loss of close to 65 per ce...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login