Plans to revamp English rugby union’s top flight under discussion, says Ritchie

• Reports suggest Premiership Rugby considered breaking away • Richie plays down claims of a rift with Rugby Football UnionProposals for a revamped English top flight have not even left the drawing board yet, according to the Premiership Rugby chairman Ian Ritchie.Reports have surfaced of a rift between Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football Union amid suggestions the English clubs could form a breakaway competition if its demands for an end to promotion and relegation are not met, but Ritchie described that as a “ridiculous” and “precipitous” representation of where things really stood. Rel…