As top flight English rugby takes its first tentative step towards a return to play, Michael Lynagh has warned that the Premiership is not a sustainable business model.
The World Cup winner concedes rugby globally is “on a very delicate edge” after bosses in his native Australia cut 40 per cent of staff within the national governing body in a bid to stave off insolvency.
Despite English Premiership clubs getting the green light yesterday to resume non-contact, socially-distanced training, there is still no timeframe for the cash-strapped sport to restart the business of playing.
Lynagh, one of rugby’s most distinguished figures, says the sport cannot afford to waste the opportunity afforded by the current hiatus to change as “it’s not
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