New Agreement between English National game and the Aviva
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Digressing from this to start a new thread, I've just read the new agreement between English Rugby and the Premier League clubs and I'm astonished. You know me I'm a severe critic of the stuffed shirts who seem to be based at Twickenham and who run English Rugby on our behalf, but for once they've shown an outstanding foresight by drafting this agreement and rewarding Premiership clubs for the contribution they make to the English game, I can only believe that there must have been a change of personnel at the top of the game and I must laud them for their action.
New Agreement between English National game and the Aviva
English National Game and Aviva Premiership Clubs agreement
Re: New pitch for Ospreys game
It was a very good day for English rugby, both club and country, when Iain Ritchie was appointed. An excellent CEO.
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Echoing what I said previously I'm astonished at the foresight shown on this agreement which will last for 8 years until July 2024. It finally rewards clubs for their training and academic schemes which can only be good for the English game.
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Re: New Agreement between English National game and the Aviv
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Re: New Agreement between English National game and the Aviv
On the surface it seems a very good deal but I have concerns with the 8 year time frame. We have seen the money and the costs rise at a very fast rate over the last 3 or 4 years and whilst 2m a year next year is a lot, what will it be worth in 8 years time? Yes I know that there is a clause enabling either side to look at it again in 4 years and I hope the clubs do.
It also looks like the clubs will be missing their international players at the start of every season with the 5 week lay off clause in the summer depending on what the lay off means? No playing or no training or both?
It also looks like the clubs will be missing their international players at the start of every season with the 5 week lay off clause in the summer depending on what the lay off means? No playing or no training or both?
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Re: New Agreement between English National game and the Aviv
So how many weeks of the season could a elite player be unavailable for club duties?
Re: New Agreement between English National game and the Aviv
To me this basically means your top players will be out for a good chunk of the season.
You need your top players ready and fresh at the start of the season which is not possible now and will not be to a greater extent now.
Essentially we are moving to central contracts
You need your top players ready and fresh at the start of the season which is not possible now and will not be to a greater extent now.
Essentially we are moving to central contracts
Re: New Agreement between English National game and the Aviv
Another aspect of the new deal is that the "Exceptional Circumstances" for selecting a player not playing for an English club are more explicitly defined. It will now only be invoked in an "injury crisis". This means players like Underhill currently playing for Ospreys would need to sign for an English club.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/ ... club-deal/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/ ... club-deal/
Re: New Agreement between English National game and the Aviv
A minor concern here is that the RFU have signed this without really knowing what the international schedule is after 2018.
Re: New Agreement between English National game and the Aviv
I too have concerns that as a leading club our star players will be absent more under the new agreement than before, however it just means that club personnel selection policy should remain focussed on acquiring talent that will be available to substitute for these players which may mean in the short term more Southern Hemisphere players, but we should also take this opportunity to blood younger players from our own academy, particularly in competitions such as the Anglo/Welsh cup. Forgive me if I'm wrong but I thought that that was of the founding principles of that competition.
Re: New Agreement between English National game and the Aviv
Having now downloaded and read the agreement in full, I'm not so impressed as I was previously, although welcoming the existence of the agreement, when you read the small print it turns out not to be as generous as first thought especially in compensation and absence terms.
I still can't understand why there needs to be an additional training camp space within the normal Aviva season.
I still can't understand why there needs to be an additional training camp space within the normal Aviva season.