Strike talk will only grow louder as rugby union demands on players increase | Paul Rees

It feels fitting the Premiership is embracing the US when one of American sport’s historic traits – player militancy – looms ever larger in response to plans to extend the seasonIt was fitting that the Premiership dropped into the United States last weekend in a month when high‑profile players have added their support to calls for strike action as a last resort should proposals to expand the season by a month from 2019-20 go ahead.Professional sport in the US has a histor