Every supporter watching club rugby wants England to do well at the World Cup Francis Baron, RFU chief executive

RFU boss Francis Baron declined to use the term "central contracts" but said a vision of player sharing between club and country would be outlined.

The RFU will address about 12 issues aimed at boosting rugby in England.

"We believe at different points the clubs should have primacy [over players] and at other times the country has to have primacy," said Baron.

The RFU feels that limiting the number of club games played by the top stars would help England's chances of retaining the World Cup in 2007.

A deadline of 30 November has been agreed on by the two bodies to reach an agreement on the new proposals.

"At the moment there are issues which are making life very difficult for [England coach] Andy Robinson to properly prepare players to play for the country and he's having difficulty putting together the proper plans to build up for the World Cup," said Baron.

"As a responsible governing body we now have to resolve the difficulties that have arisen because the whole country and every supporter watching club rugby wants England to do well at the World Cup.

"The paper covers about 12 different points. I understand why the media are concentrating on this issue [central contracts] but there are a lot of other issues that have got to be resolved.

"We want to have a far more robust agreement with our clubs going forward to make sure club rugby as well as international rugby continues to be successful."

Wasps director of rugby Ian McGeechan, also speaking on Sportsweek, said the biggest problem facing administrators was not central contracts but the structure of the season.

"The problem we've got at the moment is too many competitive issues on the same weekend," said McGeechan.