Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te tumuaki o te Rugby Football Union, ko Ian Ritchie, e kii ana ko te whakawhānui i te Aviva Premiership ehara i te mea noa iho engari me aro atu ki te kaupapa hei kaupapa matua. Kua whakapumautia e Mark McCafferty, te tumuaki whakahaere o te Pirimia Rugby, kei te 'tirohia' e te karapu karapu Ingarihi te taapiri i nga kapa e rua ki te riiki o runga-rangi ma te whakatakoto i tetahi wa poto mo te whakatairanga me te whakahekenga. Me maarama te ahuatanga i mua o te timatanga o te waa 2015-16 kia mohio ai nga tiima ki nga mea e takaro ana ratou mo te 2016-17, ka taea te tiimata o nga whakarereketanga. Ko Mako Vunipola o te kapa Saracens e whakaeke ana i a Ashley Johnson o te kapa Wasps i te Ricoh Arena i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi. 'Ehara i te mea māmā ki te mea 'kia haere mai i te 12 ki te 14',' ka mea a Ritchie. 'Kāore anō mātou kia kite, kia rongo rānei i tētahi tono ā-ture mō tēnei. Ki taku whakaaro kaore tetahi e kii ana he mea kua oti te mahi. "Kāore he kōrerorero tūtohu a PRL (Premiership Rugby Ltd). Ka koa ahau ki te noho ki raro, ki te mahi i tērā. E mōhio ana tātou katoa ki te tere o tēnei mea. E mōhio ana mātou he nui ake te āwhina ki te whakaoti i tēnei i roto i ngā marama e whai ake nei, ā, ki taku whakaaro kei te hiahia te tangata ki te mahi i tērā. He mea nui kia whakatauhia tēnei. Ka whiwhi mātou, mā te pai o ngā taha e rua. Ko te tumuaki o te Rugby Football Union a Ian Ritchie e kii ana ko te whakawhānui i te Aviva Premiership ehara i te mea noa iho. 'Kāore he raruraru ki ahau te ariā o'me whakamātauria e koe te huringa' kātahi 'he pai te huringa, he pai rānei?' He maha ngā take e whakaaro ana ahau he tino nui. Me whakamārama e koe aua mea katoa. 'Kāore anō mātou kia mahi i tērā, ā, kāore anō au kia kite i tērā. Mēnā ka whakaaturia e taua tātari ētahi mea, kātahi ka whai kōrero hangahanga, whakaaro nui hoki mātau mō taua mea.' Kua whakapumautia e te Tumuaki o te Pirimia Rugby a Mark McCafferty kei te 'tirohia' e te karapu karapu Ingarihi te taapiri i nga kapa e rua ki te riiki ma te whakatakoto i tetahi wa poto mo te whakatairanga me te whakahekenga. Ko te whakatau me whakatau e te RFU me te Premiership Rugby Ltd i roto i te hononga, a, e kii ana a Ritchie, me tino tupato...
Kua whakapumautia e te Tumuaki o te Pirimia Rugby a Mark McCafferty kei te 'tirohia' e te karapu karapu Ingarihi te taapiri i nga kapa e rua ki te riiki. Ka tutuki tēnei mā te whakatakoto i tētahi whakatārewatanga ā-wā i runga i te whakatairanga me te whakahekenga. Me mārama te āhuatanga i mua i te tīmatanga o te tauwhāinga 2015-16 kia mōhio ai ngā kapa ki tā rātou e tākaro ana i te tau 2016-17.