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18 January 2007
The players' union are considering balloting members over taking action if the row between Premier Rugby and the Rugby Football Union over shareholding and voting rights in European Rugby Cup Ltd is not resolved.
Damian Hopley, chief executive of the Professional Rugby Players' Association, told the Daily Telegraph: "If revolution is the only language that people can understand, then maybe we will have to ballot our members and see if they are willing to take strike action."
He added: "If common sense doesn't prevail, then where else can you turn? The game is not so much shooting itself in the foot, as blowing off both feet."
The RFU have written to clubs to explain the legal implications of a European boycott and the PRA have been involved in talks with the Premier Rugby board.
However, talks between Premier Rugby and the RFU have so far not involved the players' union.
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