By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week

The description ‘Hybrid Central Contracts’ does not inspire confidence.
Hybrid usually means a bit of this, and a bit of that — and ‘Hybrid Hash’ would be a more apt term for the RFU contracts given to 17 England players just before the autumn series slump.
The reality is that the contracts do not deliver on the crucial element of players honing their game to world class standards by being in the same position for club and country.
In addition, the annual contracts are very costly at £160,000 per player, potentially divisive within the Eng...