A pay dispute that threatens to overshadow England's tour to Australia and New Zealand next month has still not been resolved after extensive negotiations.

Talks between the Rugby Football Union and Team England Rugby, negotiating body for England's elite squad, have drawn a blank.

And both sides have now agreed for an independent third party to deliver a recommendation that will be mutually binding.

England manager Martin Johnson this week named a 44-man squad for the five-match trip, which starts in Perth on June 8 and includes two Tests against Australia. England will also face New Zealand Maori in Napier.

It is understood that players who feature in England's Test 22 against the Wallabies had been proposed to receive additional match fees of £5,000 per Test - plus a possible win bonus - on top of the basic £7,800 tour payment.

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