THE English Rugby Football Union's latest attempt to win back a place in the Five Nations championship will arrive on the desks of the Irish, Welsh and Scottish rugby union presidents today.

John Richardson, the RFU president, has put down on paper new moves he believes can allow the discussions with England to continue.

The proposals, aimed at preventing England's expulsion from next season's championship, were hammered out during an emergency meeting of the RFU executive committee yesterday.

The presidents of the four home unions and their leading committee men met in Cardiff last week and England were sent home to find a new set of proposals after failing to appease their RFU stuck to in was undermined by the other unions who insisted that the Five Nations matches were not England's to sell. England have already announced a £87.5 million deal with Sky television or the rights to all rugby played in England.

The RFU statement, issued after a six hour meeting at the East India Club in London yesterday, read "The RFU executive committee, following a good and constructive meeting, has agreed positive proposals to be put to its colleagues in the Five Nations.

We trust this will result in allowing the negotiations to continue to a satisfactory conclusion, so the Five Nations Championship can be retained".

Richardson has written to Sir Tasker Watkins (Wales), Bob Dacey (Ireland) and Fred McLeod (Scotland) following yesterday's meeting of the executive.

It had been assumed that the reconstituted RFU television delegation, now featuring Richardson and Cliff Brittle, would have been keenly received in Cardiff. However, the terse statement following that meeting brought home to the RFU just how deep the feelings are currently running within the other unions.

The RFU appears to have very few options to choose from to get themselves out of this conundrum. The obvious move is to take the Five Nations games out of the Sky deal and put them back into the communal pot to be sold. The proceeds would then be equally shared with the other Home Unions.

This is the route Wales, Scotland and Ireland have been sign posting and the presidents of those unions will discover today if England have finally taken notice.

Meanwhile, Tom Kiernan, the Irish chairman of the Five Nations Committee which expelled England from the championship, said yesterday. "We will all be very interested to see what England's proposals are.

"The position of the other home unions was made quite clear to the Rugby Union in Cardiff last week and at the subsequent Five Nations meeting which followed the next day.

"We await their suggestions in the light of those meetings which, I must stress, contained nothing new. We restated to England our position there were no surprises.

. England players Lawrence Dallaglio, Jason Leonard an Matt Dawson want England to stay within the Five Nations, but claim it will not be the end of the world if they have to play internationals elsewhere. Dellaglio said "Obviously we want the Five Nations to continue but if this not possible then something else will happen. Let's hope common sense prevails."