The secondment of ERC staff to the EPCR therefore could be viewed as something
of an about-turn in the attitude of those leagues.
Yet, the EPCR was only constituted in April and has yet to appoint its own
staff, with the recruitment process expected to take up to a year.
ERC employees have already helped conduct the draw for the pool stages of the
next season’s European Rugby Champions Cup and will carry on administering
the competition for the foreseeable future.
The ERC itself will continue to be wound up but, despite chief executive Derek
McGrath leaving in October, its remaining staff face an uncertain future.
They are expected to be given first refusal on any job at the new body which
mirrors their present role but around 16 staff are in limbo about whether
they will be offered the opportunity to move to Neuchatel, which EPCR chose
as its home so as not to be based in the same country as one of the Six
Nations.
Some ERC employees may also not wish to relocate, meaning severance packages
being agreed over the course of the coming months.
The EPCR is also hunting for an independent chairman to head its 12-strong
board, which is almost identical to the board of the ERC.
However, its three-man executive committee includes representatives from the
Premiership and France’s Top 14, the two big winners in the shake-up of
European club competition.
English and French teams will each now receive a third of the revenues of the
EPCR, with the Pro12 clubs sharing the remaining third.
The size of the competition has also been reduced from 24 to 20 clubs, which
this season will include seven from England, six from France, three from
Ireland, two from Wales and one each from Scotland and Italy.
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