All Blacks grab £3m jackpot at Twickers

THE All Blacks have confirmed they will play the Barbarians and not England at Twickenham on November 4, as revealed by Peter Jackson in The

Rugby Paper three months ago, see above.

Our story appeared on December 18, four days after the NZRFU indicated their readiness to celebrate the Baa-baas’ 125th anniversary at HQ.

Negotiations for a Test in England next autumn had broken down some months earlier over All Black demands for 50 per cent of the Twickenham gate, thought to be around £7m.

RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie had reopened talks in the New Year for a match on November 4 ‘at the behest of Eddie Jones’.