RFU to debate relegation for rugby clubs in administration

London Welsh will hope they have turned a corner after the club went into administration last summer.The proposal has been put forward by National One club Stourbridge RFC.

The move is a response to the financial problems suffered by London Welsh, Coventry and Birmingham and Solihull, who have all been docked points for going into administration this season but have kept their league status.

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Coventry and Birmingham and Solihull were docked 15 points for going into administration but although the latter finished the regular campaign at the bottom of the table on -9 points, the Midlands club could yet avoid the drop because of the new four-way relegation play-off format.

Birmingham and Solihull are second in the table, two points ahead of Mosley and one ahead of Coventry, who finished second bottom in the regular league, 29 points adrift of 10th-placed Rotherham.

"It would be a travesty if one club who had been in administration avoided the drop at the expense of one club who played by the book," said one source.

"The proposal will be debated and then it could be put to a vote to go forward to the annual general meeting."

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