Interesting from RIL - Club Turnover.

[Rossm]

Tweet from RIL:

https://twitter.com/RugbyInsideLine/status/1642787768702062594

As they say: Some interesting points stand out:

1) Harlequins raked in ?27.2 million in 2022, but still made a ?1.5 million loss. How?!

2) Irish never earnt more than ?10 million

3) No growth for Tigers since 2011

[Neils]

Effectively they are all fooked whilst sneering at us and WW.

Admittedly we were probably extra bad their SD are piling in vast amounts to keep them afloat.

[Shugs]

The game is bust. Constant outgoings larger then incomings is as basic a recipe for disaster as there is. The rest are just dying more slowly than us.

[andermt]

Plus, if they get to this proposed 10 team league they will have less matches next season therefore they will have less revenue.
No matter which way they spin it, a cup competition with the championship, as mentioned by the Cov Rugby Chairman, will not have the same appeal to spectators as a proper prem game against Wasps or Worcester (or potentially Newcastle or Irish), as i suspect they will have the academy lads out playing in those, not the 1st team.

The prem is definitely in freefall and no-one seems to be pulling the cord.