Maro Itoje says playing for England is the priority for him and his international team-mates amid reports of a rebel league that would prevent him playing Test rugby if he joined.

Playing for England is the Mecca’, says Maro Itoje amid breakaway league plans - Itoje is one of 17 players to have signed enhanced Elite Player Squad contracts with the Rugby Football Union worth £160,

Maro Itoje says representing England will always remain his “mecca” after the emergence of a breakaway league that threatens to split the sport apart.

England's Maro Itoje has said that playing for his country is the “Mecca” amid reports that a LIV Golf-style breakaway league could begin.

Maro Itoje has said that he is unaware of any plans for a breakaway rugby competition and suggest that he would not jeopardise playing for England rugby should such a venture develop. News broke last week of plans to launch a franchise tournament that would sit outside of rugby’s existing structures,

After a sighter to establish his range, Eben Etzebeth strikes. The illustrious Springboks lock has been offered a trivia question: how many of his 129 caps have come against Maro Itoje? “We’ve played each