The HUGE difference between what England and Tonga players will be paid this weekend

The players are on £500 a week, compared with around £17,500 a match for England’s stars, according to a report from the I.

The RFU promised in July a “goodwill gesture of a donation” to Tonga, in rescheduling the fixture originally slated for November 2020, and Tonga Chief Executive Peter Harding revealed a “memorandum of understanding” has been signed to exchange knowledge and personnel.

"When Australia plays England at Twickenham they don’t get a thing for it either," said Harding.

"At the moment we are negotiating with [RFU chief executive] Bill Sweeney, and England will be fine with us. The issue is we don’t have a real opportunity of hosting England when they come Down Under. Commercially it is not a good decision for them, and it would effectively be a donation.

"“What Tonga has to do is get our own house in order before we start shouting from the rooftops. We don’t have a seat at table at World Rugby’s council yet, whereas Fiji and Samoa do. Our objective is to get into those decision-making bodies and then argue to change those rules."

The RFU have also loaned Tonga a doctor, a physio, an analyst and an operations manager for this tour, with the Tongans employing short-term coaches in the absence of Toutai Kefu and other non-travelling staff.

Jones said: "‘We know George is a good player but we’ve asked him to have a look at a couple of things in his game to make him even better,’ said Jones. ‘I think he is doing that. He is playing well.

"But we are keen to give Marcus and Owen the opportunity to play at 10 and 12 and see where they can take our game."

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Jones said: "The guy who has done remarkably well for England is Tom Curry.

"He has played six, seven and eight for us and I can really see his game developing to another level.

"He came in as a very strong defensive player but I think he can really progress his attacking game, similar to what Richie McCaw did. There’s no limit to where his game can go."

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Jones said: “He’s still a jungle tiger and jungle tigers can always go.

“In the most he behaves like a zoo tiger but still with the fight of a jungle tiger, so we just have to keep managing that.

“I just see him maturing massively as a rugby player. He was a hot-headed individual type with a lot of potential and now what we’re seeing is a maturing, professional, committed player who is producing performances consistently.

“He’s going to be close to being the best tighthead in the world and that’s his target, that’s where we want him to get. I’m really pleased with his progress.”

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Jones said: “Maro is one of the best players in the world and he plays the game on the edge. One of the best players I’ve coached for sure. He’s a Rolls Royce of a player these days.”

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