Premiership Rugby And RFU Agree RWC Compensation Package

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) have reached a compensation agreement with Premiership Rugby to stage the 2015/16 season from the middle of October. It is now confirmed the Aviva Premiership season will start during the knockout stages of the Rugby World Cup, in order to complete the 2015-16 season by the end of May 2016 without having to play midweek matches. A settlement package of up to £13m has also been agreed which will be shared amongst the clubs to compensate for lack of revenue throughout the off-season and early World Cup period. The agreement is segmented into two parts: 1. Re-alloca…