GB sevens captain sounds warning for entire game over RFU's swingeing cuts

Tom Mitchell and his squad will be cut loose at end of AugustTeam GB’s Olympic silver medallists seek UK Sport funding The country’s leading sevens players have warned that a failure to support their sport properly will have serious consequences for the growth of the entire game following the Rugby Football Union’s decision to cut its men’s and women’s squads for financial reasons.Formal notification has now been received by the players informing them their contracts will cease at the end of this month as the RFU faces up to potential losses of £107m in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic which …