IT’s absolutely staggering to see the amounts of money involved in Cheslin Kolbe’s transfer from European champions Toulouse to Toulon. It’s mind blowing, and also brilliant news for rugby that these sums of money are batted around in the sport. I couldn’t be happier for Cheslin or any other player to command that sort of contract.
It’s not so much the personal contract for Cheslin – believed to be around £1m per season – what’s incredible about this deal is the amount of money Toulon are prepared to pay to buy him out of the remaining two years of his Toulouse contract – reportedly around...