Amid delays over hybrid contracts and the new Professional Game Partnership, which is being negotiated between the RFU and Premiership clubs, Sweeney dismissed concerns that England is leaking talent.
“I don’t think the delay [in sorting the PGP] has had any impact on that,” he said. “Where we currently stand on the policy of only selecting players based in England stays as it is. If you actually look at the players we’ve got abroad, they probably made a decision in terms of, ‘Where’s my England career currently? Am I in contention for a place in those hybrid contracts? Am I in that core group…
