The rumours are flying during silly season that London Welsh and London Scottish are negotiating with the various RFU's regards expanding the cross border Pro 12 competition to 14 teams. This would mean them leaving the English league system, and ground shares with either Brentford or Fulham being a possibility. This would mean that the English Premier League, French Championship and Celtic Pro competition all possibly having 14 teams over the next few years. This in theory would give Wales five franchises and Scotland three, as they would not need to field English qualified players in order to receive RFU funding, although where this leaves the Welsh and Scottish Exiles systems (of which I am a small part) is unclear. London is a massive rugby market, so both could survive and thrive if the product is good. The times they are a changin'...
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