The Panthers will need better games from Anthonyy Lindaue

Richard Cockerill thinks Englands players are worth every penny of the new deal that will see their match fees increase significantly Players will be paid £22,000 per match from a new deal worth £20m over four years after negotiations between the Rugby Football Union and the Rugby Players Association were concluded. England vs Fiji November 19, 2016, 2:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Training fees, image rights payments and squad performance bonuses are also included in the new deal, which RFU chief Ian Ritchie said last week was a significant uplift on the previous incarnation. The chasm in finances will be on show this Saturday when England, their players buoyed by the new deal, take on a Fiji squad whose players are paid a mere £60 per day. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for only ￡6.99. No contract. Leicester director of rugby Cockerill, who won 27 England caps, told Sky Sports News HQ: Theres lots of money being generated within the game. Richard Cockerill feels Englands players are well worth the pay rise If you look at it in a pure context of what the lads generate - certainly around England income, where I think the union were £100m plus in profit the last financial year - those are the guys taking the field that the people are coming to watch, and I think they deserve every penny. They put their bodies on the line.If you look at that in comparison with football, when they are earning £200,000 or £300,000 a week its pretty modest. Nathan Hughes admits finances played a part in his decision to qualify for England Fiji-born Nathan Hughes will be in Englands squad after qualifying on residency grounds, and he admitted on Monday his decision to pledge allegiance to the Red Rose was motivated by financial reasons.I would love for Fiji to have more resources, but it is the way it is. They just have to deal with it and live on whatever they have got, Hughes said. It is their bread and butter. 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Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge. Discount Jerseys Team . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. BLACKSBURG, Va. -- BLACKSBURG, Va. -- When asked to give an assessment of his hot shooting Tuesday night, Ahmed Hill described a feeling that every basketball player desires.I didnt really have to aim, Hill said.Hill scored a career-high 20 points to lead Virginia Tech to a 99-73 victory over High Point.Hill missed last season with a knee injury, but in the second game of his return, he hit 7 of 12 from the floor and connected on a career-high six 3-pointers for the Hokies (2-0), who never trailed and hit 12 3-pointers. Seth Allen added 17 points.Andre Fox paced High Point (1-1) with a career-high 23 points.Virginia Tech blitzed the Panthers right from the opening tip. The Hokies made 14 of their first 15 shots, including six 3-pointers in racing to a 24-point lead less than nine minutes into the game. Hill hit half of his 3-pointers in that stretch.I dont know that I could have necessarily predicted his field-goal percentage and things of that nature, Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams said of Hill, who is shooting 52.9 percent (9 of 17) from beyond the 3-point arc this season. He holds himself to an incredibly high standard, and his work ethic is superb.High Point had no answer for the Hokies on the perimeter, as Hill and Allen combined for 25 of the Hokies 60 first-half points. Virginia Tech shot 71.9 percent (23 of 32) in the first half and hit eight 3s. The Hokies shot 56.1 percent for the game (37 of 66).We had a game plan, but we didnt execute it very well, High Point coach Scott Cherry said. We had to help too much and gave them good looks. They had wide-open ones. Give them a lot of credit. They made them.BIG PICTUREHigh Point: The Panthers will need better games from Anthonyy Lindauer -- one of just three seniors on the roster.dddddddddddd He scored just four points after scoring 16 in the season opener for a High Point team that features seven newcomers.Virginia Tech: With Kerry Blackshear Jr. sidelined with a lower leg injury, the Hokies are searching for help in the post, and freshman Khadim Sy may be the answer. Sy scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds.MORE ON HILLS BIG NIGHTHill was a 3-pointer away from tying the single-game school record held by teammate Justin Bibbs. He also set career highs in field goals made and 3-pointers attempted.I was comfortable coming into the season, but Im still shocked that Im playing this way, he said.MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONThe Hokies are preparing for a 10-day trip to the West Coast that has them playing three games in the Wooden Legacy tournament in California and then a game in Michigan as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. After a somewhat lackluster performance in the opener, Virginia Tech took a step forward, according to Williams, whose team leaves Monday.I didnt think we were bad in game 1, but I thought we were trying to justify too much of our inadequacies and playing it on, `Well, it was game 1, he said. We need to hurry up . and take the next step. I thought, for sure, we did that.UP NEXTHigh Point returns home to play in the High Point University Classic. The Panthers play three games in three days, starting with UNC Greensboro on Friday.Virginia Tech will be looking to go 3-0 to open the season for the first time since 2012 when it takes on VMI at home on Saturday. ' ' '