August is regarded as the silly season for news with everyone on holiday or working from Rome so when Eddie Hearn opened up about the future of his client Henry Pollock at Northampton Saints, he was not just striking an early bargaining position but showing the pull of the England back rower.

Pollock’s name was splashed on the back pages and led news bulletins at a time when he was on his summer break.
Hearn quickly proved his own statement that Pollock stimulates interest like few other players and that he was merited a seven-figure salary, rather more than the £150,000 a year that his contr...