{"id":537005,"date":"2026-04-18T02:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537005\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T02:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:09:07","slug":"finn-russell-completes-landmark-move-joins-henry-pollock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537005\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Russell completes landmark move, joins Henry Pollock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finn Russell has officially became the second rugby union player to join Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom Talent Agency, joining Henry Pollock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel\/AbYd2l05pp1bM_Ix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join RUCK\u2019s Instagram broadcast channel <\/a>and get the latest rugby news straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Following last month\u2019s high-profile signing of Henry Pollock, Russell\u2019s partnership with Hearn has now been finalised after productive talks in London last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Both players rank among the biggest names in PREM Rugby. Pollock is known for his bold, larger-than-life personality, while Russell\u2019s playing style is widely regarded as one of the most thrilling in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The duo are currently represented by the Stellar agency, which is undergoing a rebrand to Cor after forming a joint venture with Hearn.<\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed on Hearn\u2019s Instagram, which has over 1.6 million followers, and the post was captioned: \u201cWelcome to the team one of the true greats @finnrussell92 \ud83c\udfc9 @matchroomtalentagency @stellarrugby \ud83d\ude80 ps thanks for the hook up @henryjpollock\ud83d\ude02\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Pollock signed at the end of March, he became only the second athlete on the agency\u2019s roster, joining UFC star Tom Aspinall.<\/p>\n<p>Since announcing Pollock\u2019s arrival, Matchroom is understood to have received interest from more than 100 rugby players.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes ahead of Bath\u2019s PREM Rugby clash with Harlequins tomorrow, with Russell set to start for the hosts at The Rec.<\/p>\n<p>LATEST RUGBY NEWS:<\/p>\n<p>Rugby\u2019s FIVE Most Overpaid Players in 2026<\/p>\n<p>From underwhelming form to lack of availability, here are five players who haven\u2019t lived up to their reported pay packets.<\/p>\n<p>Most Overpaid Players in 2026:<\/p>\n<p>5. Rieko Ioane \u2014 Estimated \u00a3500,000<\/p>\n<p>Ioane comes in at five because, while underwhelming, he hasn\u2019t been disastrous.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s still contributing and \u201cputting in a shift,\u201d but that\u2019s exactly the issue \u2014 at this price point, he should be a standout star, not just another name on the team sheet.<\/p>\n<p>The gap between expectation and delivery is clear, but not quite as severe as others on this list.<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUES ON PAGE TWO<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finn Russell has officially became the second rugby union player to join Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom Talent Agency, joining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-537005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}