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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Simon massietaylor - The Untold Story

Prem Rugby season set for thrilling final day – but the real action is happening off the pitch

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Exclusive interview: After a season of fresh investment in the top flight, Gallagher Prem CEO Simon Massie-Taylor sits down with Harry Latham-Coyle to discuss the league’s future

The Independent UK

‘Big Match Bonanza’ provides glimpse of Prem Rugby’s future – but three key challenges remain

With the English top flight moving to an expansion model, fixtures at large stadiums could become more regular in the future

The Independent UK

Prem Rugby confirms major change to salary cap rules amid expansion plans

Clubs will now have to meet a minimum spend as the league looks to add two new teams by 2030

The Independent UK

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Prem Rugby introduces minimum salary floor of £5.4m for clubs next season

Prem Rugby will introduce a minimum salary floor of £5.4m for clubs next season as part of a plan to increase competitiveness

The Guardian - UK

English rugby set for radical change as Prem ring-fencing and expansion plans approved

Relegation and promotion will be removed from the English top flight for an alternative model

The Independent UK

Newcastle’s Red Bull rebrand brings fresh energy to rugby’s troubled outpost

High-profile takeover has rejuvenated an ailing club, with the opportunity for Steve Diamond’s team to take flight and grow

The Guardian - UK

Inside Prem rugby’s radical rebrand: ‘It’s intense, full contact and unflinching’

The English top flight will be renamed as part of wider marketing changes hoping to grow its profile and investability

The Independent UK

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TNT Sports chief rubbishes ‘delusional’ plans for breakaway rugby competition

The mooted R360 competition is said to have offered some of the world’s top players lucrative contracts

The Independent UK

Former RFU remuneration chief defends Bill Sweeney’s bonus payments amid record loss

Sweeney remains under serious pressure after uproar around the paying of a bonus of nearly £400,000 in a year that the RFU made a significant loss

The Independent UK

Premiership Rugby chief provides update on talks over British and Irish league

Chief executive Simon Massie-Taylor has indicated that the prospect of a radical revamp of the club game is unlikely

The Independent UK

Premiership Rugby plays down talk of a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league

The possibility of a merger with sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales was discussed at board meeting of English clubs last month.

The Independent UK

Brilliance vs consistency: Premiership final will be decided by Northampton and Bath’s contrasting fly-halves

An excellent domestic season has set-up a fitting final with the two playmakers set to star at Twickenham

The Independent UK

Today's rugby news as ex-Wales boss worried, France appoint new coach and more WRU contracts in pipeline

The latest rugby headlines from Wales and beyond

Wales Online

Premiership Rugby launches Sporting Commission after season of turmoil

The new group will have decision-making powers on sporting and regulatory issues after the collapse of Wasps, Worcester and London Irish.

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The Independent UK

Premiership Rugby launches powerful new Sporting Commission

The new group will have decision-making powers on sporting and regulatory issues after the collapse of Wasps, Worcester and London Irish.

The Guardian - UK

London Irish crisis deepens after HMRC issues winding-up petition against club

London Irish have been pushed closer to the brink after being hit with a winding-up petition by HMRC

Wales Online

Tonight's rugby news as Sam Warburton picks his own Lions XV after Gatland's Welsh player snub

These are the rugby stories making headlines on the evening of Thursday, March 23

The Independent UK

England’s restriction on overseas-based players to stay – Premiership Rugby CEO

Massie-Taylor insists there is no desire among Premiership sides nor the Rugby Football Union to relax the rule.

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The Independent UK

Gallagher Premiership clubs’ finances ‘clearly unsustainable’, report MPs

The select committee report was critical of the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby.

Wales Online

Today's rugby news as Pivac unsurprised by Gatland decision and ex-Wales boss backs talent he developed for World Cup

The latest rugby news from Wales and beyond on the day Warren Gatland names his 2023 Six Nations squad

The Independent UK

MPs issue damning report on Premiership clubs’ ‘unsustainable’ finances

The select committee report was critical of the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby.

Wales Online

Tonight's rugby news as Jamie Roberts launches bid for job in England that's decided by players

The latest rugby news stories and headlines from Wales and beyond

Evening Standard

Panels, commissions and Premiership format: Simon Massie-Taylor pledges major English club rugby reforms

Simon Massie-Taylor has pledged to usher in wide-ranging reforms to change the face of English club rugby.

Daily Mirror

Rugby chiefs accused of "failure on epic scale" by MPs amid Wasps and Worcester demise

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney and Premiership Rugby CEO Simon Massie-Taylor came under fire for failing to prevent the devastating demise of Wasps and Worcester

The Guardian - UK

RFU under fire from MPs over its role in demise of Worcester and Wasps

Julian Knight accused Bill Sweeney of being ‘asleep on the job’ while the DCMS committee questioned the suitability of Worcester’s ownership

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