NICK CAIN

THERE could be good news for the Championship clubs, and the English club game as a whole, with indications this week from the RFU that there could be movement from the Premiership on its ‘rotten borough’ ground criteria.
Bill Sweeney suggested there could be a loosening of the ring-fencing structure to the extent that the required 10,001 stadium capacity could be halved.
The RFU chief executive said: “One of the things about this process now is that we are happy to look at the minimum criteria, and that PRL will be supportive, so if the general view is that we take it down ...