Rfu Reject Plans to Extend Premiership Season ; English Rugby Is Braced for Fresh Hostility Between Club and Country After the Rugby Football Union Yesterday Rejected Proposals to Extend the Guinness Premiership Season.

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English rugby is braced for fresh hostility between club and country after the Rugby Football Union yesterday rejected proposals to extend the Guinness Premiership season.

Rob Andrew, Twickenham's director of elite rugby, refused to give assurances that conflict over Premier Rugby's plans to raise extra revenue can be avoided.

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Rfu Reject Plans to Extend Premiership Season ; English Rugby Is Braced for Fresh Hostility Between Club and Country After the Rugby Football Union Yesterday Rejected Proposals to Extend the Guinness Premiership Season.

The RFU's management board unanimously rejected PRL's idea of adding six rounds of fixtures to the campaign at the expense of the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

Mark McCafferty, P...

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