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Martin Bayfield: Six Nations should remain on free-to-air TV – but coverage needs to increase

Martin Bayfield believes the Six Nations will be best served by a single terrestrial broadcaster: Telegraph’s Geoff Pugh Rather than patrolling the sidelines with microphone in hand, Martin Bayfield enjoyed this year’s Guinness Six Nations Championship as a punter rather than a broadcaster for the first time in more than a decade. The former England… Read More »

England almost joined rugby rebel league in 1995

Kerry Packer wanted to revolutionize rugby union in 1995 as he did cricket in 1977. It has been locked in a vault for almost 30 years but the original player contract is now valid for ‘World Rugby Corporation’, the £200 million Kerry Packer-backed rebel rugby circus that threatened to launch a global franchise league in… Read More »