JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Am I the only one thinking that Maro Itoje is living in cloud cuckoo land when calling on the Premiership to stop the exodus of international players to France and Japan after the World Cup?
Many of them will be ending their international careers at the World Cup and will want to replace their lost international match fees (close to a quarter of a million pounds a year) by increasing their club salaries.
It is a fact that international players earn far in excess of average Premiership players at around £150,000 a year, with many international play...