Saints’ Dowson says English clubs hampered by ‘dysfunctional’ schedule

Director wants fewer club games in international windowCardiff on the brink of entering administrationEnglish club rugby is being undermined by a “dysfunctional” fixture schedule that is making it harder to compete with other top European sides, according to Northampton’s director of rugby, Phil Dowson. Saints are the only English team still involved in the Champions Cup this season but Dowson believes Premiership teams are being handicapped by their own domestic calendar.North