FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - England Team Announcement Press Conference - Pennyhill Park Hotel, Bagshot, Britain - March 5, 2020. England head coach Eddie Jones during the press conference. Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
LONDON (Reuters) - England coach Eddie Jones has accepted a pay cut of over 25% to help ease the financial burden on the Rugby Football Union (RFU) which is set to lose millions of pounds due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The RFU faces losses of up to 50 million pounds ($61 million) over the next year-and-a-half due to the outbreak but will still provide a 7 million-pound relief package to community clubs in the country.
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