The Rugby Paper

No exceptions for million pound man

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HERE we go.

Reading of Maro Itoje’s potential wage hike to £1,000,000 per season can only lead to the financial debacle that the round ball game finds itself in.

If his and his management group’s financial greed leads him to play in France, so be it. Why should he then expect for an exceptiona­l circumstan­ce ruling be made to be allowed to play for his country? It’s the beginning of a slippery path to financial crises. MARK WATERSON Torrington

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