EDITOR’S LETTER
Aug 05, 2019
3 minutes
Gregor Paul, Editor
FOR NOW, THE RETENTION of Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick and Beauden Barrett has to be notched up as a victory for New Zealand Rugby.
But it’s hard not to feel the exceptional terms all three have been offered to stay until the 2023 World Cup is storing up trouble further down the track.
The so-called sabbatical clause has been standard-fare in the contracts of New Zealand’s highest profile players since Dan Carter was afforded the opportunity to play six months with Perpignan in 2009 as part
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