BROWNE ON . . . PRIVATE FUNDING
‘It’s something we’d look at and consider and it has been considered. What you are looking for is wealthy individuals putting money into a [provincial] team they want to support without any return on that investment other than the personal satisfaction of
seeing the team blossom and succeed and being part of that whole process. That is what private finance means in Ireland, not like in the UK and France where wealthy individuals own clubs instead of a yacht in the Mediterranean.’