Tag Archives: Premier league clubs

Ten-team Premiership changed English fortunes in Europe

Former London Irishman Will Joseph now impresses on the European stage with Harlequins – Getty Images/Patrick Khachfe Drawing positives from the 2022/23 Premiership campaign is like groping through a particularly dirty sewer for lost keys. Losing three clubs, albeit under different circumstances, was an indelible and shameful disaster in the history of the sport, plunging… Read More »

Disappointment and challenge in the Rugby Championship

Almost everyone in English club rugby agrees on one thing. This can’t continue like this. The system is broken (if that’s the right word for the Jenga pile of bricks supporting the cash-strapped 10-team Premiership) and a planned eight-year deal between the Rugby Football Union and leading club owners is seen as its biggest undoing.… Read More »