The RFU are nothing if not persistent. Another league review for implementation in 2020-21 so teams once again could be playing for promotion and relegation this season which may not actually happen.
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Adult male competition structure review
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Important work to ensure that we preserve the future health
of the game will be undertaken through a competition structure review by
the Adult Male Competition Structure Group (the Group) commencing the
month.
The Group is a task group of the Community Game Board and its membership
will include representatives from the game, RFU staff, other national rugby
union and other sports governing bodies.
The Group’s purpose is to review the adult male competition structure of
the English Club Championship from Level 3 downwards and recommend an
optimal playing offer and structure that protects the future health of the
game for adult men by meeting the needs of current and future players,
balancing quality of experience and player welfare needs with less travel,
while at the same time protecting the financial and other sustainability of
clubs.
The Group’s work will include gathering evidence from desk research,
Electronic Match Card, the National Rugby Survey, alongside assessing
historical and current knowledge from within the Group. The review will
importantly include listening to players, administrators and practitioners
involved in delivering the game, to enable recommendations to be made to
Council on the future competition landscape. A report will be presented for
discussion at Council in February with the intention of reaching a
resolution at Council in April. This will enable recommendations to be
implemented in time for the start of the 2020 season.
The Group first met on Wednesday 11 September. Further updates will be made
available during the 2019-20 season.
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