Toulon’s audacious Premiership approach certain to ‘ruffle a few feathers’

Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal has launched an audacious bid to see his three-time European champions join the Aviva Premiership.

A Premiership Rugby spokesman confirmed yesterday a letter was received via email from the French club on Wednesday night.

Multi-millionaire comic book publisher Boudjellal’s move looks highly unlikely to succeed, although the possibility of England’s Premiership clubs discussing it should not be ruled out.