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      R/UNION: PLAYERS CLINCH  
               DEAL WITH RFU   
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 Will Carling and his England squad     
 negotiators have agreed a new          
 promotional deal with officials which  
 will net players £40,000 next season.  
                                        
 The Rugby Football Union cannot yet    
 announce the full sum available to the 
 squad, nor the sponsor, whose name will
 go on the England shirt.               
                                        
 RFU secretary Tony Hallett said in a   
 statement: "The RFU are pleased to     
 announce agreement in principle between
 the RFU and the England squad."        
                                        
 "The agreement is within the current   
 Internbtional Board regulations,"      
 added Hallett.                         
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