Playing for England is the Mecca’, says Maro Itoje amid breakaway league plans - Itoje is one of 17 players to have signed enhanced Elite Player Squad contracts with the Rugby Football Union worth £160,

Maro Itoje says playing for England is "the Mecca" for him and his team-mates after reports a rebel breakaway league is attempting to sign up the game's superstars. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has a policy of only selecting players for the national team ...

England's Maro Itoje has said that playing for his country is the “Mecca” amid reports that a LIV Golf-style breakaway league could begin.

Maro Itoje says representing England will always remain his “mecca” after the emergence of a breakaway league that threatens to split the sport apart.