The three clubs, along with then-reigning Championship champions Jersey Reds ... Premiership Rugby, the RPA and all the English rugby clubs to raise the standards further," Gillham said.

Jersey RFC will be hosting London Welsh in a top-of-the-table clash in Regional 1 South Central, the fifth tier of English rugby. A decade or so ago this could have been a Premiership fixture ...

"I think it creates a different appeal to some of the normal rugby that we probably ... It left amateur side Jersey RFC, who were promoted to the fifth tier of the English league pyramid last ...