Gregor Townsend remains confident Pro12 can keep up with the rich boys

• Glasgow coach optimistic about future of Scottish rugby• ‘It is the best player pool I have known,’ says TownsendAs Guinness Pro12 organisers look at ways of boosting income to help sides grapple with the greater financial muscle of clubs in France and England, Scotland’s coach-in-waiting, Gregor Townsend, insists there is no reason to panic.The television deals for the Pro12 work out at around £1m per side, compared with £3.5m in England and more than £5m in France, but Townsend, who takes charge of Glasgow for a fifth and final season before succeeding Vern Cotter, says the cross-border le…