Boyd urges authorities to address fixture gap

By PAUL REES

CHRIS Boyd has challenged the authorities to sort out a fixture list that will leave some Premiership clubs with just one fixture next month.
Two European rounds will leave clubs like Boyd’s Northampton having to go into a potentially crucial league match three weeks after they last played and, as the fixture list stands, Worcester would go five weeks between league matches as they have a bye in Round 25.
Worcester and Bath have asked Premiership Rugby is they can bring forward their meeting at Sixways from June 4 to May 14. With neither side in contention for a Champions...

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