HeyJaredOllie Phillips
STORY ANGLES - Focus on Business and Commercialization: The reporter frequently covers the intersection of rugby and business, including investments, marketing strategies, and commercial innovations.
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- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 18, 2026
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- Jul 11, 2026
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Is Henry Pollock's biggest problem Eddie Hearn? (opens the original)
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Henry Pollock’s first few months with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Talent Agency has felt less like a commitment to rugby union – and reaching the heights within the sport – and more like a scattergun approach to marketing a player in a way rugby players hadn’t experienced before. Except they have. Seeing Pollock in the front few rows of that amazing Katie Taylor fight at Croke Park, on a yacht with Hearn over the summer, and being the subject of a tidal wave of briefings over whether he should be pa
Springboks need cash from New Zealand Tests but All Blacks fans not like Lions (opens the original)
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It is quite simple really: the Greatest Rivalry series between South Africa and New Zealand, which starts on Saturday, needs to be a real money-spinner for the Springboks. It should see every seat occupied for the three Tests – in Johannesburg and Cape Town – and healthy crowds for the All Blacks matches against the Stormers, Sharks, Bulls and Lions. Some of those club matches have taken place in front of disappointing crowds and there are tickets available for two of the three Tests – the only
Sorry Hearn, Northampton Saints idiots if they pay Pollock £1m (opens the original)
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Is Henry Pollock worth £1m per season? No. Sorry to burst an Eddie Hearn-shaped bubble but it is just not realistic in the world of rugby union. The business of rugby – especially in England – is to fund a squad of more than 30 players within a salary cap of just over £6m, rising slightly to accommodate rewards for England players and academy graduates – of which Pollock is both. Outside of this cap can sit one star, a marquee player. They have no wage ceiling and, in theory, can be given the wo
Will the Nations Championship financially underdeliver for in-need Fiji? (opens the original)
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With Fiji set to sell out Everton’s stadium this weekend why isn’t it rosy for the island nation, Ollie Phillips asks. In theory this month should have been a dream one for Fiji’s rugby team, despite losing to Wales in their opening Nations Championship match. They’ve upped sticks from Suva in the Pacific and chosen to call Britain home for their three “home” fixtures in the inaugural hemispherical competition. They took on Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium last week, will face England in Everto
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