Move over Dean Richards, Harlequins, and ‘Bloodgate’, there is an even bigger bad news story to overtake you in the annals of English club rugby history, writes Rob Cole. Welcome, Elliot Daly, to the team now propping up the bottom of the Premiership table, some 30 points adrift of the next worse team. It is the biggest financial penalty ever handed out in rugby union and one of the highest point deductions ever seen. It is a stark warning to the money men at other clubs who think they can simply buy success. Club rugby in Europe has been haemorrhaging money for decades.

Source: Irish Examiner November 05, 2019 18:56 UTC