Championship Rugby club Cornish Pirates’ chief executive has called on the RFU to review their funding of the second tier following the collapse of Jersey Reds.
Rebecca Thomas has told City A.M. that all clubs are in the same financial boat after Jersey ceased trading on Thursday morning and that the governing body must review its budgets, which have been cut from over £500,000 to around £150,000.
RFU must look at funding
“The RFU needs to look at funding,” Thomas told City A.M.
“I am not saying we were expected to be handed [money] on a plate. Funding with structure,
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