COLUMN: While the game dawdles over its future, the lower leagues are crumbling

The popular phrase is that while Nero fiddled, Rome burned (or something like that) - and while that isn't completely and utterly true of British rugby league in 2018, it does ring true to some extent. It would not be an over-exaggeration to say that at present, the sport in this country finds itself at a fascinating, and slightly drawn-out, cro