{
  "id": 220632,
  "title": "“The money issue is so over-played” With Henry Pollock tipped for a seven-figure salary, we look back on a 1997 interview with Va’aiga Tuigamala, rugby’s first million-pound man",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/the-money-issue-is-so-over-played-with-henry-pollock-tipped-for-a",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T11:47:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rugby World",
    "slug": "rugby-world",
    "url": "https://www.rugbyworld.com/featured/vaaiga-tuigamala-first-million-pound-player-1997-184909"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Va'aiga Tuigamala's 1997 move to Newcastle saw him dubbed as rugby’s first million-pound player (David Rogers /Allsport) As Eddie Hearn talks up his client, Henry Pollock, as a potential million-pound player, we look back on an archive interview with a ground-breaking dual-code legend. As Eddie Hearn talks up his client, Henry Pollock, as a potential million-pound player, we look back on an…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}