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<blockquote data-quote="Mumbles119" data-source="post: 1130158" data-attributes="member: 68434"><p>Errr… what now…</p><p></p><p>(Sorry paywalled) </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/05/20/wasps-handed-sensational-lifeline-premiership-rfu/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>A few excerpts below. Just media bluff and bluster?</p><p></p><p>[h1]Wasps handed sensational late lifeline[/h1]<p>Exclusive: Discussions have taken place within RFU and Premiership to keep the brand alive with prospect of a franchise Championship place</p><p></p><p>Wasps could be handed an incredible lifeline to <a href="https://12ft.io/proxy?ref=&q=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/05/18/wasps-latest-no-ground-no-coaches-no-players/" target="_blank">prevent the club from becoming extinct</a>, <em>Telegraph Sport </em>can reveal.</p><p></p><p>It is understood that discussions are taking place at a senior level within Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football Union about finding a process in which the club could be offered a 'franchise' place to return to the second tier of English rugby within the next five years.</p><p></p><p>With both the Premiership and Championship set to move to a franchise basis as part of the new professional game agreement with the RFU to be signed next year, Wasps could be offered the opportunity to apply for a franchise once the new leagues have "become established." </p><p></p><p>"We need brands like Wasps and Worcester in the Championship and there must be a way in the medium term to bring them back more quickly by restructuring the championship to refranchise them in the right place in the country," said one senior Premiership source.</p><p></p><p> Another senior source said: "We need strong brands to make Prem 2 viable."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mumbles119, post: 1130158, member: 68434"] Errr… what now… (Sorry paywalled) [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/05/20/wasps-handed-sensational-lifeline-premiership-rfu/[/URL] A few excerpts below. Just media bluff and bluster? [H1]Wasps handed sensational late lifeline[/H1] Exclusive: Discussions have taken place within RFU and Premiership to keep the brand alive with prospect of a franchise Championship place Wasps could be handed an incredible lifeline to [URL='https://12ft.io/proxy?ref=&q=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/05/18/wasps-latest-no-ground-no-coaches-no-players/']prevent the club from becoming extinct[/URL], [I]Telegraph Sport [/I]can reveal. It is understood that discussions are taking place at a senior level within Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football Union about finding a process in which the club could be offered a 'franchise' place to return to the second tier of English rugby within the next five years. With both the Premiership and Championship set to move to a franchise basis as part of the new professional game agreement with the RFU to be signed next year, Wasps could be offered the opportunity to apply for a franchise once the new leagues have "become established." "We need brands like Wasps and Worcester in the Championship and there must be a way in the medium term to bring them back more quickly by restructuring the championship to refranchise them in the right place in the country," said one senior Premiership source. Another senior source said: "We need strong brands to make Prem 2 viable." [/QUOTE]
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