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‘It’s having your cake and eating it’: Reds coach Brad Thorn riled by thoughts of Izack Rodda’s return – Stuff.co.nz
Queensland’s Kiwi coach isn’t thrilled the Wallabies lock could be welcomed back to Australian rugby less than a year after his controversial departure.
Brad Thorn has been riled by the prospect of Izack Rodda’s Australian rugby return less than a year after he left the Queensland Reds over a pay dispute.
The 25-test Wallabies lock and team-mates Harry Hockings and Isaac Lucas refused to agree to 60 per cent pay cuts accepted by every other Australian Super Rugby player while the competition was suspended due to Covid-19 last May.
As one of Rugby Australia’s highest-paid players, Rodda had the option to take a one-season sabbatical to recoup lost…
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