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The Business of Rugby Union

Community spirit

By Ben Fenton

Published: March 10 2010 16:14 | Last updated: March 10 2010 16:14

It is doubtful that the original citizens of Corinth, despite having lent their name to a spirit of glorious amateurism, ever had to pick themselves up out of ankle-deep mud and face freezing rain and a rampant Rosslyn Park pack.

That is par for the course for Richmond FC, one of the few clubs in England’s national leagues to have cheerfully embraced non-professional status and pledged to rise as high as the Corinthian spirit will take them.

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