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PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Good value? Cheslin Kolbe has scored only four tries this season PICTURE: Getty Images ■ TOULON paid […]
PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW
Good value? Cheslin Kolbe has scored only four tries this season
PICTURE: Getty Images
■ TOULON paid around £1.5m to buy Cheslin Kolbe out of his old contract with Toulouse and give him a new one reportedly worth £1m-a-year. Going into today’s final round of the Top 14, the pinball wizard had scored four tries all season from 13 matches.
The overall cost can be calculated at around £600,000 a try which may sound a smart investment compared to Manchester United’s puny return on their huge investment in Paul...
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