{"id":288453,"date":"2023-09-03T21:04:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288453"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:04:03","slug":"england-head-coach-borthwick-is-unsackable-due-to-rfu-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/england-head-coach-borthwick-is-unsackable-due-to-rfu-finances\/","title":{"rendered":"England head coach Borthwick is &apos;unsackable&apos; due to RFU finances"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Steve Borthwick is &#8216;unsackable&#8217; no matter how badly England perform at the World Cup as the the RFU are unable to afford his \u00a33m pay-off&#8230; despite offering players \u00a3212k bonuses if they triumph in France<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England&#8217;s Steve Borthwick may be &#8216;unsacakable&#8217; regardless of performances<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sacking him and his staff would cost around \u00a33m, which the RFU cannot afford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The governing body has been hit hard by Covid and the rising cost of living<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The financial crisis besetting English rugby is so acute there are fears England head coach Steve Borthwick is \u2018unsackable\u2019 because the RFU can\u2019t afford a pay-off, no matter how badly his team perform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup starts on Friday with England as long-odds sixth favourites at best. Borthwick signed a five-year contract last year and is understood to earn just over \u00a3700,000 per year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sacking him and his staff this year \u2014 in the event of a woeful World Cup \u2014 could cost in the region of \u00a33million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After paying Leicester something like \u00a3500,000 compensation to get Borthwick last year, on top of huge severance [pay of about \u00a31.4m] for [former coach] Eddie Jones, there\u2019s no appetite to sack Borthwick,\u2019 said one high-ranking source.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It would be too expensive.\u2019 Another source said: \u2018The RFU is on the ropes financially. They are expecting to suffer huge losses\u00a0over the next couple of years.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/02\/20\/74996383-0-image-a-1_1693681982337.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The RFU may be unable to sack England coach Steve Borthwick no matter how poorly he performs as they cannot afford his pay-off<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/02\/20\/74996445-0-image-a-2_1693682338505.jpg\" height=\"451\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England players will collect RFU bonuses of over \u00a3200,000 if they win the upcoming World Cup, but this seems unlikely after a poor run of form<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/02\/20\/74996451-12474101-English_club_Rugby_has_been_struggling_for_some_time_with_Wasps_-a-59_1693683072821.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>English club rugby has been struggling for some time, with Wasps and Worcester forced into administration<\/p>\n<p>The parlous state of the RFU\u2019s finances are laid bare in their latest accounts, just published. The club game has been in crisis for a while, with Worcester and Wasps put into administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The governing body is far from in rude health either. The RFU\u2019s financial statements detail how the Covid pandemic and the rising cost of living were among the factors that have cost them \u00a3150m in lost revenues. England attendances have failed to return to pre-Covid levels. The RFU have also fully drawn down two loans worth \u00a350m and \u00a314m.<\/p>\n<p>The financial stresses comes at a time when the RFU are offering bigger potential bonuses to their players at the World Cup than any other governing body. In the unlikely event England win in France, the players would collect an RFU bonus worth around \u00a3212,000 apiece.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The French would get around \u00a3172,000 each from their federation for winning, while the players from New Zealand and Australia expect bonuses of up to \u00a3100,000 from their federations if they triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12474101\/England-Steve-Borthwick-unsackable-RFU.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Borthwick is &#8216;unsackable&#8217; no matter how badly England perform at the World Cup as the the RFU are unable to afford his \u00a33m pay-off&#8230; despite offering players \u00a3212k bonuses if they triumph in France England&#8217;s Steve Borthwick may be &#8216;unsacakable&#8217; regardless of performances Sacking him and his staff would cost around \u00a33m, which the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>England head coach Borthwick is &amp;apos;unsackable&amp;apos; 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