Is promotion and relegation from the Aviva Premiership about to...
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleMoves are afoot among to scrap promotion and relegation from the Aviva Premiership in time for the 2016-17 season. According to the Daily Telegraph, the founding Premiership clubs are looking to expand...
Rugby bodies begin expansion talks
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsPlans to expand the Aviva Premiership and scrap promotion and relegation are being discussed by Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football Union . The talks, described...
Plans afoot to scrap Premiership relegation
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumPromotion and relegation in the Aviva Premiership could be a thing of the past come 2016. The Daily Telegraph reports the 14 founding Premiership clubs are holding discussions with a view to expanding...
English rugby's promotion and relegation controversy: The key questions answered
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsWhat is the history of this issue? A league pyramid with clubs playing in 108 leagues – each with promotion and relegation – has existed since 1987, but ring-fencing of the top flight has been a...
Promotion and relegation integral part of English rugby - forget about the Exeters if you pull up the trap door
1 decade ago by The TelegraphPromotion and relegation are integral parts of the sporting DNA of these isles. You prosper, you go up. You stuff up, you go down. You meddle with that principle at your peril. It ought...
English Aviva Premiership clubs in new plan to end relegation
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsEngland’s leading clubs are proposing a radical plan to expand the Premiership for the start of the 2016-17 season and then scrap promotion and relegation – which would be the biggest overhaul of...
Bath Rugby's Charlie Ewels captains England under-20s again and...
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleBath's Charlie Ewels will captain England under-20s when they square up against Ireland in Donnybrook, Dublin, tomorrow night. Head coach and former Bath player Jon Callard has made six changes from...
Mclean returns as England captain
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsKaty Mclean has been reinstated as England captain for Friday's Women's Six Nations match in Ireland. The fly-half, who led England when they won the World Cup last August, takes...
Preview: London Welsh v London Irish
1 decade ago by London IrishLondon Welsh have not won a game in any competition since their 21-20 victory at Bristol in the second leg of last season's Championship final.
Cipriani swayed by England recall
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsSale Sharks and England fly-half Danny Cipriani says his inclusion in the national set-up helped influence his decision to stay at the club. The 27-year-old was out of contract at the end of...
