Premiership Rugby’s Amazon documentary is not a PR fantasy – it is the phoenix from last season’s ashes

In the list of potential targets for a sporting documentary, the semi-finals and final of last season’s Gallagher Premiership – a season in which three clubs went to the wall and English rugby’s showpiece was interrupted by Just Stop Oil protestors at Twickenham – would probably not be the most desirable of starting points. Not, at least, if the aim is to focus on the league’s strengths ahead of the launch of a new season on Friday night. Talk about beating against the tide; about polishing the