The Rugby Paper

I refuse to put cash into ring-fenced pot

- William Bolger

I WISH I could give the various boards trying to quash our second tier a piece of my mind.

It was a well presented argument and badly needed from Nick Johnston, Coventry DoR, in TRP on Jan 17.

I will turn my back on the Premiershi­p if they are allowed to ringfence in the end. I would rather put my money in a pot to encourage home-grown talent tha n a pot that pays the salaries of southern hemisphere players at self-interested Premiershi­p clubs.

Also how can it be acceptable that the Woman’s Premiershi­p teams are taking precedence over Championsh­ip and even National One tier teams?

Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that woman are given the opportunit­y to compete at this level, but where is the overall perspectiv­e by the governing bodies? It is sadly lacking on a massive scale.

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