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Thu 05 May 2004Diplomacy to rule in payments rowThe dispute between the IRFU and the IRUPA over a tour fee for the forthcoming tour of South Africa and the ongoing dispute over match fees and win bonuses looks set to rumble for another few days after the two parties failed to resolve the issue yesterday.After the increasingly bitter exchanges of recent days, one notable change after yesterday's meeting was an apparent commitment to tone down the public slanging match.