The Australian Rugby Union has been forced to abandon a planned Possibles-Probables match as the final selection trial for the Wallabies end-of-season grand slam tour to the UK, over pay a demand.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Wallabies players though their Players Association had demanded an extra $2,500 payment for the match on top of their lucrative contracts, and and an extra 11-thousand dollar fee for each test match.
ARU officials and coach Robbie Deans were astounded
when confronted by the demand, having assumed that most players would have been keen to confirm their selection for the Wallabies first Grand Slam tour since 1984.
