Rugby chiefs move to pacify clubs with strategic plan

DIVISION ONE clubs in the AIB All-Ireland League have jumped the gun in their trenchant reaction to proposed changes in the League format.

Although the IRFU did not quite say as much last night, Union chief executive Philip Browne insisted that the proposals to revamp the league would become clearer in the months ahead when a complete strategic plan for the game would be unveiled.

Mr Browne added that taken in isolation, the plans for the league, could be negatively interpreted, but in the context of the strategic plan, would look completely different.