The boss of European club rugby says the sport is “fighting for its survival” and might need to go back to have a future. Simon Halliday warned that if no rugby is possible before next year the sport could “cease to be in the way we know it now”.
The former England star’s alarming conclusion follows Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney’s alarming revelation that he is planning for lost revenue of £132 million if the rest of 2020 is chalked off. “If Bill is talking £132m then we’re all talking major problems,” said Halliday. “And I mean major. “If we don’t get much, or any, rugby played this side of Christmas the sport is fighting for its survival. “Everyone understands already that a major step back is going to happen in terms
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