Manu Tuilagi and Dan Carter have signed grand deals but even though salaries in union are going well up beyond the rate of inflation the best-paid players are lagging behind compared to footballersDan Carter will start earning his reported £1.3m this weekend when he makes his debut for Racing 92 against Northampton in the European Champions Cup in Paris. It will come at the end of a week that started with Manu Tuilagi signing a unusual contract with Leicester worth,according to different accounts, between £400000 and £450000 a year.
What rugby players earn in Europe is very rarely divulged. It seems to have been commonly accepted this week that Tuilagi will become the highest paid player in the Premiership. That would be surprising given that the rules do not allow Leicester to give him marquee status and acquire him out of the salary cap. Related: Dragons hit out at WRU over Taulupe Faletau’s bolt to Bath Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com