AS a longtime resident in Kent, it is sad to see the county making so little impact within English rugby. No ‘Prem’ club; no prospect of having one with that league ring-fenced; its highest-ranked club, Blackheath, at the wrong end of the ‘Champ’; and no proper senior county stage to bring its best players occasionally into one team.
My short spell at Blackheath in 1972 included a win over a Harlequins team with three England players – Savage, Lloyd and Starmer-Smith – and a recent All Black – Earle Kirton – in it. Plus Kent appe...