England captain Owen Farrell has joined the nation’s top rugby players in agreeing to a 25 per cent pay cut in an effort to keep the Gallagher Premiership afloat.
The coronavirus crisis led the Rugby Football Union to end the 2019/20 season with immediate effect yesterday for all English league, cup and county rugby below the top flight.
And while Premiership boss Darren Childs spoke bullishly of his intention “to restart as soon as it’s safe to do so” the challenge for clubs is to live to see that day.
Saracens, where Farrell plays his rugby, revealed: “We have asked all our players, coaches and staff across the whole organisation to support us in a reduction in salary by 25 per cent. “This move is to protect as many jobs as possible and
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