I AM not sure if Owen Farrell shares the same management agency as his teammate Maro Itoje, but you would imagine he is a chess player judging by the way he got his foot in the door for a new deal first.
Neil Fissler’s talk about Itoje becoming the league’s first £1million player must now be dead in the water, right? Nigel Wray would need to perform an act like Houdini to wriggle any room in Saracens’ salary cap after Owen Farrell signed up for a reported £750,000 per season.
There is not much need to worry. If Exeter can show that team ethic rides over brash s...