Handre Pollard and Charles Piutau have been revealed as the highest paid rugby players in the world

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Handre Pollard and Charles Piutau have been revealed as the highest paid rugby players in the world

By Shanil Singh

28/04/2020

Handre Pollard. [image: World Rugby]

South Africa’s Rugby World Cup winning fly-half Handre Pollard and former All Blacks, Charles Piutau have been revealed as the highest paid rugby players in the world.

According to Wales Online, both Pollard and Piutau earn $2.05m annually.

All Blacks star, Beauden Barrett is the only current All Black in the top 15 at 14th place who earns $1.06m.

Wallabies and Waratahs captain, Michael Hooper is the highest-ranked Super Rugby player on the list at number nine with reported earnings of $1.17m.

[Source: stuff.com]

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