Pollock & Tom Willis get first elite England deals
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Henry Pollock (left) and Tom Willis have been given one of the new deals that give the national team rather than the player's club the final call on medical and conditioning issues Mike Henson BBC Sport rugby union news reporter
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Back rows Henry Pollock and Tom Willis are among the players handed an enhanced England contract for the first time in a set of 25 deals for the 2025-26 season.
Pollock has made just one appearance off the bench for England, when he scored two tries in a 32-minute cameo during the 68-14 win over Wales in March.
However the 20-year-old's excellent late-season form for Northampton earned him selection for the British and Irish Lions' tour of Australia t