'A sleeping giant' - what next for the Premiership?

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports News, Sports, Rugby, News

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🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Ugo speak to Premiership Rugby chief executive Simon Massie-Taylor as the season nears its conclusion. He talks about his vision for the league and how they plan to reach new audiences. With French rugby claiming the big prizes in Europe, how can Premiership clubs close the gap with the salary cap decreasing? Massie-Taylor also talks about his desire to bring back promotion and relegation and how to make the Championship more competitive.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.5	Five Lives, Rock the Union Weekly.
0:11.0	Here you go, bonus pod, again.
0:12.7	It feels like we're doing a bonus pod every week.
0:14.2	Classic ass.
0:15.2	Opa last week, Sarah was in dub in a few weeks ago.
0:18.1	Just give the listeners what they want.
0:19.8	It's 100%.
0:20.8	And we're sitting down with a few days to go
0:22.3	to the last day of the Premiership regular season.
0:24.9	With a big dog.
0:25.9	We're sitting down with the main man.
0:27.6	The chief executive of the whole of Premiership rugby.
0:30.3	Simon Matty Taylor.
0:32.4	What are the most influential jobs in the game, would you say?
0:35.7	It's huge.
0:36.5	It's a big old job.
0:40.4	So you're laughing, but it is huge, because I mean,
0:44.9	we're sat here in Premiership rugby HQ.
0:47.6	You look at the list and the logos of all the clubs
0:50.7	and everything that you've had to inherit going through
0:54.2	COVID and everything else to create a league
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