The Rugby Football Union have threatened Championship clubs with removal from the professional game structure if they do not agree to new terms relating to forthcoming seasons, Championship clubs have said.
Clubs including Cornish Pirates and Doncaster Knights have collectively written that two years of negotiations, some of which have excluded the second tier, have led to a proposition that could bankrupt Championship clubs and “further isolate the Premiership to the detriment of the game in England”.
No team was promoted from the Championship to the Premiership this season, despite the return of the mechanism, after the winning team – Ealing Trailfinders – did not apply for the tests that are required to win promotion.
There have been plans in the works for a 14-team second tier, eventually rising to 16 teams, as wel
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