Wycliff Palu puts Test spot ahead of euro lure
Bret Harris | July 11, 2008

WALLABIES number eight Wycliff Palu has revealed he rejected a lucrative offer to play in France, at a time when players in both rugby codes are following the lure of big money to Europe.

At the start of the year when Palu was renegotiating his contract with the ARU and NSW Waratahs, he received an offer from French club Clermont, which is coached by Robbie Deans' former Crusaders assistant, Vern Cotter.

But Palu, 25, had not achieved all of his goals in Australia.

"Clermont approached me at the start of the year," Palu said. "I was in negotiation and stuff. They approached my manager and made an offer. A two to three-year deal.

"I took it pretty seriously. It was good money. A pretty good deal. I had just started to make a name for myself. I didn't want to go overseas and come back again. If I do go,..."

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