{"id":901819,"date":"2026-09-22T23:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901819\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T23:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:04:11","slug":"henry-pollock-triples-salary-after-signing-multi-year-deal-to-stay-at-northampton-rugby-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901819\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Pollock triples salary after signing \u2018multi-year\u2019 deal to stay at Northampton | Rugby union"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry Pollock has signed a new Northampton<\/a> contract worth in excess of \u00a3400,000 a year, ensuring he will remain available for England beyond the 2027 World Cup.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old has roughly tripled his salary in a \u201cmulti-year\u201d deal thought to extend until 2029. Pollock\u2019s future at the club had come into question when his representative, Eddie Hearn, suggested he deserved a seven-figure salary but while the new deal is a long way short of that, he ends up as one of the best paid back-row forwards in England.<\/p>\n

The Northampton director of rugby, Phil Dowson, had insisted that a \u201chappy medium\u201d had to be reached for the Saints starlet, who has 13 England caps to his name, having already tied down Tommy Freeman to a new deal at Franklin\u2019s Gardens.<\/p>\n

Pollock, who also earns about \u00a3150,000 a year as one of the 25 England players with an enhanced contract, last week said he would like to play abroad one day and try his hand at other sports. But for now his future lies with Northampton, with Hearn insisting there were a number of other lucrative offers turned down. \u201cHe left a lot of money on the table to stay with Northampton,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t even a tough decision for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pollock said: \u201cI\u2019m massively happy to re-sign with Saints, my boyhood club. It\u2019s an exciting place to be right now. We\u2019re in a great spot as a team, but it feels like there\u2019s still so much more growth in us. I\u2019m still young, and we\u2019ve got a young squad with a brilliant group of lads. Some of my best mates are here, and every day everyone pushes each other to improve and be the best players and team we can be. \u2026 For where I am in my career, this is exactly where I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dowson, who guided Northampton to their second Prem title in three years last summer, added: \u201cOver the last few years, everyone has seen the quality he brings on the pitch and the speed of his rise through the game \u2013 but just as importantly, he\u2019s a young man of outstanding character. Keeping someone with both his talent and mindset is hugely important for the club.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat\u2019s most exciting is that there\u2019s still so much more to come from him. Henry is incredibly ambitious and constantly looking for ways to improve. He understands that individual success comes from contributing to a successful team, and he\u2019s already taken on leadership responsibilities within the squad despite his age. Physically, he\u2019s an exceptional athlete. He\u2019s explosive, powerful and highly skilful, with the ability to influence a game in a number of different ways. But there are still areas of his game he can develop, and one of Henry\u2019s greatest strengths is how quickly he learns and adapts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Henry Pollock has signed a new Northampton contract worth in excess of \u00a3400,000 a year, ensuring he will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-901819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}