Eddie Hearn has been sounding off this week about how his new client Henry Pollock should demand a £1m annual pay cheque from Northampton Saints because “he puts bums on seats” and deserves to earn ten times his current salary which, in one way, can simply be viewed as the opening salvo to negotiations to his contract renewal which is scheduled for this time next year.

Pollock signed what was described as a multi-year contract extension reportedly worth a basic £150,000 a year back in December 2024 when he was still only 19 and wasn’t yet a first-team regular, although his talent was clear f...