NICK CAIN

Reports that Adam Coleman, the Australia and Rebels lock, is set to sign for London Irish next season on a salary of £900,000 a year goes to the heart of one of the biggest threats to professional Rugby Union.
Transfer market madness is the biggest impediment to the sustainability of the pro game not just in England, but in Europe as a whole. Whether it is the big Wallaby surfing the wave of huge salaries which are out of kilter with with what club bank balances can carry, or another star –whether homegrown or from the Southern Hemisphere– doing the same, the d...