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'If the RFU wants the Championship to become more investable it must first remove much of the minimum standards criteria (MSC), simply because it is this which overtly reduces the levels of investment in the Championship'
therugbypaper.co.uk/all/domestic-c…

Long-read on player payments down English rugby union’s pyramid. A fascinating, often murky subject.

💬 Swirling gossip
💷 £300 per game at level 8
🤝 A £6k transfer fee at level 5
🛏️ ~£10k in cash under a bed
🤠 “More than the Wild West” telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Bulls to escape sanction, as EPCR want leagues to agree fixture changes to avoid undermining #ChampionsCup

Good detail here from Alex Lowe 📰. Only solution seems to split the L16 & QFs - which the leagues rejected before...

Times Sport

thetimes.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…

The sentencing remarks below are of the Australian magistrate after the criminal conviction of a man who abused a Rugby World Cup Referee.
I hope people will think twice before sending threatening & abusive online messages if they can see real consequences.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=90Nf8S…

Women’s Elite Rugby (Women’s Elite Rugby (WER)) pro league plans 2025 launch ahead of US World Cups

… swift write-up for Guardian US

Rugby Morning 🏉 Rugby Wrap Up Bryan Ray Stephen Lewis Matt McCarthy

theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…

Big Will Skelton showing what our sport is all about by protecting our captain Salmaan Moerat when he needed it most in our Investec Investec Champions Cup match on Saturday.

You're welcome back at DHL Stadium whenever you are in Cape Town, Will. What a guy.