• England’s 31-man squad have already earned £137,220 each
• ‘No one will ever forget this group of likeable young men’
On Saturday in Yokohama, when the white noise and chatter finally gives way to 80 minutes of crunching rugby, two distinct paths will confront Eddie Jones’s England team. Win the Rugby World Cup for a second time, and the pages of history – as well as sponsors’ wallets – will open up to embrace them. Lose, and they merely join the long list of plucky national sides that saw glory slip from their fingers.
It is the ultimate sporting sliding doors moment. But if England are able to lift the Webb Ellis Cup, Mark Borkowski, a PR expert who has represented Diego Maradona, Michael Jackson and brands such as Virgin and Cadbury, predicts that England players will easily treble any earnings from sponsorship and marketing opportunities in the short term – and insists they will never be out of work again.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/01/england-players-rugby-world-cup-money under the title “England players ‘will never be out of work again’ if they seal World Cup glory”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
