“Financially 2014-15 has never been an issue. The clubs don’t have to focus on
short-term solutions, they want a solution for the longer term.
“We have a busy six or seven weeks ahead of us and we’ll probably call the
clubs back in mid-January to take the next phase of decisions.
“Some of the possibilities have been speculated on, some haven’t. There are
options with pluses and minuses.”
Premiership Rugby declared on Thursday night it is “pursuing other options”
after owners and chief executives from all 12 top flight teams agreed to
boycott the Heineken Cup.
In a repeat of 1998-99, the decision leaves England’s clubs isolated from the
rest of Europe from next season.
McCafferty refused to detail the “other options”, but an expanded Premiership
that includes Championship or Welsh sides or a competition involving South
African provinces are possibilities.
The development will be viewed by England head coach Stuart Lancaster as the
worst-case scenario as it is inconceivable that any replacement will match
the intensity of the Heineken Cup just months before the 2015 World Cup
begins.
Edited by Ben Bloom
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