right so i was wondering how much a good top 14 rugby player would earn a year i mean good as in max evans of castres for example cheers

Adding to Ace-in-the-Holes analysis, the single best paid Top-14 player is Sebastien Chabal of Racing Metro, who has a base salary of 2 Million Euros per year.

The salary cap is 8.7 million, there are 30 players in an average squad. 8.7 million divided by 30 equals 290,000, which is ￡234,000.