Clarke expects more stars to head Stateside

By STEFFAN THOMAS

Allen Clarke believes cost cutting in the Gallagher Premiership will lead to more English players leaving for America.
With the Premiership salary cap having dropped to £5m for the short-term it has left nearly 100 players without a club for next season.
Former England internationals Ben Foden and Chris Robshaw have plied their trades Stateside but a move to Major League Rugby (MLR) is not as welltrodden a path for English players as France or Japan.
But former Ireland hooker Clarke, who is now head coach of Seattle Seawolves, is expecting more English players to move t...

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