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Vote to temporarily suspend Gallagher Premiership relegation has been delayed
By PA
A vote on whether to suspend relegation from the Gallagher Premiership has been delayed, the Rugby Football Union has announced. The RFU’s council was due to decide on Friday whether the top flight should be temporarily ringfenced to provide clubs with security amid the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
The proposal is for the Premiership to expand to 13 teams to include the winners of this season’s Green King IPA Championship, most likely Saracens.
“Late last night [Thursday] Premiership Rugby requested more time to conclude its consultation with stakeholders. Therefore the vote will now be delayed,” an RFU statement read.
Beaten 31-26 at Kingsholm by Northampton last Saturday, Gloucester head to London Irish this Saturday bottom of the table on seven points, three points behind next-best Worcester after seven rounds of league action.
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I agree that Sititi has been brilliant this season and hopefully will be an AB for a long time. However the one constant positive for the ABs this year has been the scrum, so players of the year have to be the larger gentlemen amongst us. Take a bow the props!
Go to commentsRowlands has performed poorly this autumn. He is clearly not 100% fit as he did not make any yards with ball in hand and his impact at the breakdown was nowhere near his usual levels. it sums up the whole Welsh set up at the moment, simply not fit enough. There was 1kg difference in pack weights but the physicality and athleticism and desire of the SA pack was the benchmark for what Wales need to aspire to. Onus on the regions and the players themselves with personal pride to get themselves fitter.
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