England players rule out donation to Samoa on ‘ethical’ grounds

• Twickenham hosts will receive £22,000 each while Samoans will get £650
• Dan Cole says donation would risk creating a dangerous precedentEngland’s players have opted against donating a proportion of their £22,000 match fee to their Samoa counterparts because doing so would compromise rugby union’s integrity, according to Dan Cole, who has defended the decision on “ethical” grounds.Cole revealed that England’s senior player group had dis