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For the mega-rich Premier League stars, working over Christmas has its compensations — often hundreds of thousands of them. Rochdale’s Brian Barry-Murphy spoke to Liam Mackey on the rewards of being a lower-league footballer in England and how the ‘son of Jimmy’ went on to make his own mark in a different sport.

MONEY will be no object when it comes to keeping Jonny Wilkinson at Toulon, according to the club’s owner, Mourad Boudjellal.

WALES face an anxious wait to discover the extent of star second-row forward Ian Evans’ latest injury worry as the World Cup approaches.