The RFU’s director of professional rugby left without fanfare after an unremarkable tenure. How different it might have been for this one-time pioneerIt was a departure not intended to acquire a splash. It came with the soft hiss of the airlock at the entrance to the bunker and the flutter of a single piece of paper into the unseasonably cold Friday evening. “It’s the right time to go,” said the communiqué, and late on this day was the right time to enact it without a fuss. The bunker door closed again automatically and, and one final time,the air was sucked out of the lock that separated the Rugby Football Union’s director of professional rugby from the external world. Related: Nigel Melville replaces Rob Andrew as RFU’s director of professional rugby Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com