Broken Premiership
To lose two clubs, to paraphrase Lady Bracknell, looks like carelessness. To lose three looks like financial mismanagement. The headline to English rugby history will surround the failure of Premiership Rugby and England Rugby to provide the financial guarantees necessary to allow London Irish to take part in the 2023-24 season.
Never has the top of English rugby looked so forlorn. The URC and EPCR decision to allow South African clubs to compete looks like an opportunity missed by Premiership Rugby as they desperately seek a way to fill
