The Rugby Football Union will make a goodwill payment of £75,000 to the Samoan Rugby Union after it was declared bankrupt on Wednesday, with the Pacific Islands prime minister holding a radiothon all day in an attempt to generate donations.
Samoa are scheduled to face Scotland this weekend and England in three weeks time in the autumn internationals, but both Tests are now in doubt after the union was declared insolvent on Wednesday by prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegao, who is also the chairman of the SRU.
He confirmed that there is not enough money for the players to be paid for this autumns Tests, and also added that they could not even be insured for the games because the union is bankrupt.
The shortage…
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