Dan Cole sympathises with the plight of Samoa’s players but insists it would be unethical for England stars to give them a portion of their match fee ahead of Saturday’s autumn international.
Anthony Watson revealed recently that the possibility of donating part of the £23,000 earned for each Test — as recently suggested by Mako Vunipola — would be discussed this week ahead of Saturday’s climax to the autumn series at Twickenham.
Samoa’s union, which pays its players a match fee of £600, has been declared bankrupt by its chairman but this claim is refuted by World Rugby.
Captain Dylan Hartley discussed the issue with England’s senior playing group that includes Cole and it was concluded that they would not supplement the …
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