England & Wales In £10m Match Deal

England and Wales have struck a deal worth up to £10m to play two more matches immediately before the next World Cup, according to The Rugby Paper. The cooling of Anglo-Welsh relationships over the Joe Marler racist row has not prevented the RFU and the WRU from reaching a formal agreement over home and away fixtures in late summer 2019 before leaving for the tournament in Japan. Full houses at Twickenham and Cardiff will generate around £8m in ticket revenue even from reduced prices. Television rights will be worth more than £2m, a bonanza which Wales missed last summer because they played th…