Gerard Meagher
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Borthwick’s England reign remains full of contradictions with World Cup a year away - AOL (opens the original)
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It was not so long ago that the Rugby Football Union would host an annual Christmas bash. Executives, head coaches, assistants, members of staff and an invitation to the press pack. Mince pies and mulled wine, even a touch of merriment if we were lucky. Eddie Jones would sometimes make an appearance, but the mind goes back to one year when he did not. To give him his due Steve Borthwick, his assistant at the time, did. He would probably rather have been anywhere else, but one of the more clear-e
Why England are yet to reap rewards of £264m deal with Rugby World Cup only a year away - AOL (opens the original)
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This month marks two years since the power brokers of the English game held court at Twickenham, sat in the kind of room where old money swills on Saturdays, and told us they were spending £264m to “reshape the rugby landscape”. The professional game partnership (PGP) between the Rugby Football Union and the Prem clubs was trumpeted as “historic” and would bring “world-leading English teams and thriving professional leagues”. Two years on and with a World Cup 12 months away, would anyone argue w
Henry Pollock triples salary after signing ‘multi-year’ deal to stay at Northampton - AOL (opens the original)
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Henry Pollock has signed a new Northampton contract worth in excess of £400,000 a year, ensuring he will remain available for England beyond the 2027 World Cup. The 21-year-old has roughly tripled his salary in a “multi-year” deal thought to extend until 2029. Pollock’s future at the club had come into question when his representative, Eddie Hearn, suggested he deserved a seven-figure salary but while the new deal is a long way short of that, he ends up as one of the best paid back-row forwards
‘You can’t be shy’: Joe Marchant on French lessons, England ambitions and his new famous father-in-law - AOL (opens the original)
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Joe Marchant admits he has been a disappointment. Significant developments over the summer gave rise to lofty expectations among his new Sale Sharks teammates but the 30-year-old centre knows he has not lived up to them. “When we’re playing here, people expect me to be good,” he says. “Why would it make me good in any way? I’m not the best.” Marchant is, of course, referring to his football skills rather than the rugby ones and the added expectation to perform in a pre-training kick-about after
Greatest Rivalry swagger showed South Africa will take some beating at World Cup - AOL (opens the original)
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What is the enduring image of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series? The Springboks put the exclamation mark on their status as World Cup favourites by wrapping up the series 3-1 with victory in Baltimore on Saturday, but in months and years to come where will the mind immediately go when reflecting on this epic? The reality is that after four Tests of remarkable intensity – a brutal reminder of the levels required to compete with the two biggest beasts in the world game – there are plenty. But it is
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