DECISIONS, decisions. When it comes to playing rugby off-piste, so to speak, there are three popular destinations for front-line All Blacks: the Top 14 in France, the Top League in Japan (now known as League One, but it amounts to the same thing), and the Top Dog team in Ireland, otherwise known as Leinster. Where to go? It depends what you want.
If a healthy bank account is overwhelmingly your thing, there are two obvious choices: the hard big money in France, or the soft big money in Japan. Which sounds like a no-brainer, unless you’re 50 per cent culture vulture and 50 per c...
