• Twickenham hosts will receive £22000 each while Samoans will regain £650
Dan Cole says donation would risk creating a uncertain precedentEngland’s players have opted against donating a proportion of their 22000 match fee to their Samoa counterparts because doing so would compromise rugby union’s integrity,according to Dan Cole, who has defended the decision on “ethical” grounds.
Cole revealed that England’s senior player group had discussed the issue this week after Mako Vunipola had urged his team-mates to donate £1000 each to Samoa, and who earn approximately £650 per player,for the match at Twickenham on Saturday. “It’s above our station as players,” said the tighthead prop Cole. We play the game against the opposition, or whoever we play,and it’s not for us to regain involved in the politics of paying people.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk