England’s players have opted against giving a portion of their match fee to their Samoan counterparts ahead of their clash at Twickenham.
Anthony Watson revealed that the possibility of donating part of the STG23,000 ($A45,000) they are paid for each Test, as recently suggested by prop forward Mako Vunipola, would be discussed this week.
Samoa’s union, who pay their players a match fee of PS600, has been declared bankrupt by its chairman, but this claim is refuted by World Rugby.
England captain Dylan Hartley raised the issue among senior players and it was decided that they would not supplement the PS75,000 goodwill gesture promised to the Pacific Islanders by the Rugby Football Union.
“As players we feel it isn’t our pla…
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