Money becomes the object for RFU in messy Steve Borthwick row with Bristol | Paul Rees

Promotion-chasing Bristol have every right to dig their heels in over their forwards coach after the RFU declared a blank cheque when pursuing Stuart Lancaster’s successor but no one is coming out of the impasse wellWhen the Rugby Football Union started its trawl for Stuart Lancaster’s successor as the England head coach, a repeated refrain was that money was no object. It does not appear to be the case for Eddie Jones’s management team following the breakdown in negotiations between the governing body and Bristol over Steve Borthwick.Bristol, so the story from Twickenham goes, were demanding …