(Reuters) – English membership Doncaster stated they’d appeal the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) resolution to reject their application for promotion to the Premiership due to their floor failing to meet the mandatory standards for capability.
Promotion/relegation was frozen within the Premiership this season beneath “COVID restoration measures” with the likelihood of an growth to 14 golf equipment for subsequent season, however nonetheless no relegation till the 2023-24 season.
Clubs hoping to enter the Premiership are required to fulfil sure minimal requirements standards, together with a floor capability of 10,001.
The RFU stated in a press release on Tuesday that neither Doncaster nor Ealing have been shut to reaching that stage and didn’t have plans in place to accomplish that.
Doncaster play their residence video games at Castle Park, which has a capability of 5,000.
“Doncaster RFC are disenchanted, dismayed and disheartened by the choice of the Rugby Football Union Board,” the membership stated in a press release. “The membership will likely be interesting the choice.
“Within the audit course of, the one failure by the Club is to, at present, not have the option to show a capability crowd of 10,001 on the membership’s floor, Castle.
“Sensibility and equity dictate {that a} delay to a call being made might have been higher for all involved. Now, the groups play the ultimate matches of the season in an environment of despondence, albeit an administrative field has been ticked.”
Doncaster beat Ealing final Saturday and high the standings, although they’ve performed two extra video games than second-placed Cornish Pirates, who didn’t apply for promotion, and Ealing (third).
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
