Cain column: Pro D2 can show the RFU how to run a second tier

Cain believes that Pro D2 can show the RFU how to run a second tier. The French rugby is already benefiting from investing in the infrastructure below the Top 14. Richard Hill, the former England and Bath captain and scrum-half, is currently rugby director at Rouen. Hill has helped the club from Normandy win promotion three times in six years. He predicts that the uplift in Pro d2 will restore France as the major rugby force in Europe. England are in danger of trailing behind because of the failure of RFu's structure below Premiership. Richard is a former coach of Bristol when they were in Tier Two.