Can it really be true that rugby union want to do away with automatic promotion and relegation? I really do wonder about the rugby authorities.
So we end up with a league that becomes meaningless dead rubbers by the end of the season, with the dull games that would bring about. Of course there’s also the possibility that a major club would be relegated in the last season that relegation occurs, and gets shut out as a consequence.
Add this to the fact that club rugby on terrestrial television is limited to a handful of Powergen Cup games and post-midnight highlights on Sunday evenings, and you’re looking at a sport that really doesn’t think about its own future.