England’s World Cup resources more a paddling pool than a reservoir | Dean Ryan

Stick by the current ruling that to play for England you have to play in England – for the vast majority, the dream of playing for the national side is more influential than the money• Why Bath’s George Ford is confounding orthodox thinkingIf rugby’s continuing financial monkey puzzle is not your bag, then that’s perfectly understandable. There are better ways of spending the next five minutes, so look away because I don’t pretend to have the answers. Any answers in fact.So why talk about the subject? We’re muddling along and have been for the decade and a half since professional rugby arrived…