The curious contract that Marcus Smith signed with a French rugby team

ByDavid Mitchell
The curious contract that Marcus Smith signed with a French rugby team

Marcus Smithback of Harlequins and the selected one Englandsigned a fun contract with Didier Pitchopresident of Soyaux Angoulêmea group that militates Pro D2 of France. I experienced the best of rugby in Disney+.

As part of the gala dinner in honor of Johnny May -player of the French club- at Twickenham, Pitcho took the opportunity to joke with Marcus Smith and draw up a contract to sign the England star.

The contract clause for the Harlequins back is for two years, for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons, in exchange for a very particular salary.

The requirements of the Filipino-born and naturalized Englishman included one sausage a week, two foie gras a month, frog legs and snails every day, Bordeaux wine twice a day, and a one-year subscription to Charente Libre.

The protagonists wrote the “official contract” by hand on the back of an envelope, signed it and posed next to it for a fun photo.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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