Background
The English professional game currently operates under the framework established by the Long Form Agreement entered into in July 2001. This agreement can be terminated at the end of the 2008/09 season. The RFU believes the current structure and organisation of the professional game is not working as well as it should in terms of delivering a winning England team; ensuring a commercially and financially successful professional game; or protecting the welfare of rugby players.
Against this background, in 2006, the RFU initiated The Way Forward project to review the current structure of elite rugby in England. The Way Forward is intended to be an informed and open process to establish the best way forward for the professional game with the objective of finding a lasting solution to the current issues. In particular, the RFU believes any solution must:
- take into account the interests of both club and country;
- be right for professional players and for the wider game; and
- restore elite rugby in England as a leader of the world game.
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