ALEX GOODE, the connoisseur’s choice of full-back, is on his way to Japan, as is Freddie Burns, a seat-of-the-pants No.10 who is usually worth a small investment at the turnstiles.
They will be joining such luminaries as Brodie Retallick, Kieran Read, Sam Whitelock, David Pocock, Samu Kerevi, Malcolm Marx and a whole bunch of others able to command six-figure salaries in their sleep.
The Land of the Rising Sun? How about “Land of the Rising Sums”?

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