Summary
To apply a modicum of spin to the matter, this how it looks to me: if, say, Coventry win promotion to the Premiership next season, they could cost England their World Cup.
Should Coventry's drive, ambition and capital outlay take them to the uppermost echelon of the club game, if they present a fine side and a gleaming new stadium as their credentials, and they are accepted, they could be doing rugby a dire disservice. Does that make any sense at all? Of course not.See the full content of this document
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Rugby Union: Elite Up to Their Tricks Again
The notion is a corruption of all that rugby - sport - stands for. Yet it is being used as an argument against the democratic advance of clubs like Coventry.
Unless promotion and relegation, into and out of the Premiership,...See the full content of this document
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