'If it’s an act, it’s unsustainable': rugby union's answer to Ant and Dec | Robert Kitson

Mark Durden-Smith’s and David Flatman’s blend of serious analysis and humour strikes the right note on Channel 5Welcome back to the show. Only 3,500 people, carefully spread out around the Twickenham Stoop, will be allowed in to watch Harlequins play Bath this weekend but at least it is a start. For English rugby, and all who make a living from the game, the return of paying supporters is a time for tightly crossed fingers and cautious optimism that, financially, the worst might soon be over.There is a bigger picture, too. Club rugby does not just have to woo back its traditional constituents …