Sebastien Chabal contract with Racing Metro was worth about 2 million Euros per season. Dan Carter and Richie McCaw both get about 1 million NZ per year. Sonny Bill Williams got 575,000 NZ. Of course those are the elite. For a journeyman English player with a Premiership side, perhaps 100,000 UK per season on average. Top14 teams would be somewhat higher.

I remember there being a story in the Times a few years ago when Steve Borthwick was England captain, saying that he earned ￡300'000 a year, which was what John Terry, the England football captain at the time, earned in 2 weeks.

If your Dan Carter then you earn 805,000 NZD a year without his endordments. Most All Blacks earn 400,000 NZD a year.

maybe ￡80,000 - ￡150,000 for an elite player, per year