Rugby World Cup

England in for Massive Payday if Victorious at RWC

England players are set to receive a huge bonus if they are to win the Webb Ellis Cup this year according to reports

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7 days ago

September 10, 2019

Joshua Freeman

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England players are set to have a big payday should they finish the Rugby World Cup as winners according to reports.

The Telegraph are claiming that should the English take home the Webb Ellis Cup come November 2^nd that the squad will share a huge pool of money in bonuses.

It reports that each player would bring home an extra £225,000 if they rule the world for the first time since 2003.

To put that into context the All Blacks, who are chasing their third successive World Cup are set to receive an individual bonus of just over £78,000 should they make another piece of history according to the New Zealand Herald.

They will also receive a payment of around £3500 per week while they are in the World Cup camp.

However, despite the severe discrepancy in payment should the teams win, former All Black star Wyatt Crockett believes that creating history is more important to his former side than how much money they take home.

“There is so much that goes into winning a Rugby World Cup. Money comes and goes, but what doesn’t is that trophy. You can always say that you have won a World Cup and that is very special for myself and the guys. This World Cup is going to be incredibly tough and the motivation is to get your name and your team into history – a three-peat would be massive for the boys. As a player you want to be a player who has gone out there and won a World Cup,” he said while speaking to the New Zealand Herald earlier this year.

However, it does show the lack of funding provided to southern hemisphere nations as one would imagine that a treble chasing nation should be earning a lot more than a third of a nation that has only held the trophy once before.

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Another Injury Setback for Ireland

Ireland look set to be without another key player for their opening Rugby World Cup game against Scotland on Sunday

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13 hours ago

September 16, 2019

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Ireland full-back Rob Kearney is the latest star that appears likely to miss the side’s opening Rugby World Cup game against Scotland on Sunday.

The Leinster man is reported to be suffering from a calf problem that he picked up during training earlier today and now is a major doubt for not only the team’s Scottish clash but also their game against Japan six days later.

If Kearney is to miss the game it would seem likely that head coach Joe Schmidt would pick either one of Andrew Conway or Jordan Larmour in the 15 jersey, but it is far from ideal.

Kearney’s injury follows the news that centre Robbie Henshaw is unlikely to feature during the game with Scots as he tries to overcome a hamstring injury, with Will Addison apparently on standby back in Ireland.

However, unlike Kearney’s injury Ireland are well covered in the midfield with Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki and Chris Farrell all fighting to make it into the starting XV.

Elsewhere, Joey Carbery is training once more following the ankle injury he picked up against Italy in their opening warm-up game.

However, wing Keith Earls is still not training fully in what is another worry for the Irish as the injuries continue to pile up.

Ireland open up their World Cup campaign against Scotland on Sunday, before games against hosts Japan, Russia and Samoa as they look to progress from pool A, but they will be hoping some of their key men will be back in action for those clashes.

Rugby World Cup

Irish Star Set to Miss RWC Opener

Ireland look set to be without one of their key men when they play Scotland on Sunday, but there is more positive news elsewhere in the squad

Published

14 hours ago

September 16, 2019

Joshua Freeman

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Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw appears set to miss the team’s Rugby World Cup opening game against Scotland on Sunday with a hamstring injury.

The Irish camp are not giving up hope on Henshaw recovering, but they have finally admitted that he is “unlikely to feature” against the Scots. Ireland’s scrum coach Greg Feek confirmed the news to the media.

“Robbie’s looking very, very unlikely for this weekend obviously. But we’ve just got back from training and still sorting things out, but I think it’s reasonably positive in terms of what we saw,” he said.

However, despite seeming very unlikely to play this weekend Feek is confident that Henshaw will return to action soon.

“Some of these guys, day by day, week by week, they can improve dramatically as opposed to the average human. So we’ll just take it like that at the moment. It’s looking positive, so from here on in we’ll just see how it goes in the next few days and then maybe reassess in the not too distant future. He’s a good man, great to have around, his work ethic is incredible and you know he’s doing the work. To be at this stage now there’s probably a sense of relief,” he added.

The IRFU have confirmed that Henshaw will remain in Japan with the 31-man squad, despite reports claiming that Will Addison is set to be called up by head coach Joe Schmidt, but they have decided not to release the full details of Henshaw’s injury yet which is a worrying sign.

#RWC2019

Reasonably positive news on Robbie Henshaw @henshawrob after the scan.

He is unlikely to feature v @Scotlandteam

He will be monitored and managed by the medical staff over the rest of the week and will not be returning home. 😀#shouldertoshoulder
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) September 16, 2019

In more positive news for Irish fans Feek also confirmed that fly-half Joey Carbery has been training fully as he continues to recover from an injury he picked up against Italy in a World Cup warm-up game.

“Joey was running around today and trained, he looked pretty good. So we’re just all really happy for him more than anything,” he finished.

Ireland will hope that Henshaw will recover in time to face Japan in their second game of the pool stages, however, all focus will be on kicking their campaign off with a perfect start against the Scots on Sunday.