For me, the problem is not the rfu, the problem is Touch England weirdly clamouring to suck up to union.
I speak from a reasonable position of knowledge, as I have been involved on touch for many years, refereed at the 2018 European championships and played in the World Cup a few years before that.
Touch England have brought in a high performance coach named Bell from Australia. He speaks as if rugby league doesn't exist. Seriously.... it is bizarre - I have heard him interviewed and he uses phrases like "transitioning from Touch to 'contact' " and when he is asked what sports people would transition from in Australia, he said that female players often come from netball and hockey, and male players come from rugby, and also soccer or basketball!! This is talking about high performance national squad players in Australia.
He was interviewed 2 seasons ago by Russell earnshaw on the magic academy sports coaching podcast, and his language used was incredibly specific around "rugby". In a discussion lasting more than an hour, he did not mention Rugby League even once.
Given the tie in between Touch Australia and the NRL this is more than bizarre. High performance Touch in Oz is now played as NRL curtain raisers, yet this guy somehow completely omitted to even mention the sport.
He is clearly someone who needs watching.