“What we have decided between the clubs and the RFU is that we do our deal, do it a year early, but we have left a provision in there that if something happens in the next 12-18 months with regards to the PRL [Premiership Rugby], the RFU and the Championship, which has a significant or material effect upon the Championship then we can revisit it,” Geoff Irvine, chairman of the Championship, said. “At the moment, we don’t know what PRL are up to. The only communication I have had is that they want to talk to us.