Evans: Use this crisis to make rugby healthy again

By NEALE HARVEY

ENGLISH rugby’s broken model needs fixing and now is the perfect time to instigate change, says industry expert Mark Evans.Against a backdrop of Premiership clubs carrying huge debts and supporting untenable wage bills even before Covid-19 forced crisis-hit sides to slash player salaries by 25 per cent, former Harlequins CEO Evans believes the reset button must be pressed.He wants radical reforms:■ Ring-fencing England’s top two leagues■ Cutting the salary cap■ Playing fewer games■ Initiating a collective bargaining agreement wit...

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