I wasn't suggesting for a minute that the contract was illegal, just immoral.What the Fijians get paid per match is up to their rugby union to decide. The English RFU are not obliged to give any of the gate money to the opposition, but on this occasion coughed up c£75k.
Wales always look ropey in the autumn internationals - they're actually better than usual this year. But they're not going to be winners of the 6N, that's between England and Ireland.
The rfu are very good at giving a level of funding to grass roots rugby, there are many grants available to local clubs, for instance, our club have just received substantial funding for a lot of work on all four of our pitches, the Twickenham groundsman has even come down and overseen the project. Our pitches are probably one of the best in Sussex now.I wasn't suggesting for a minute that the contract was illegal, just immoral.
Boxing promoters make big profits, this weekend Andre Ward earned 5m usd to Kovalev's 2m USD. Fiji travel halfway around the world and took maybe 1.5% of the gate receipts. Short of feeding them to the lions when they were defeated, I can't think of a less equitable outcome. There is no chance of them being anything other than a feeder team, for the small pool of A list rugby nations on this basis.
England players seem to have taken around 20% of gate money. Is the rest going into youth development?
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