Rugby Incomes under Threat
Incomes per year:
English premiership? Salary cap £4 million
Irish Rugby ? 36 million
Leinster ? 4 million
Munster ? 4 million
France:
Albi ? 8.7 million – relegated from Top 14
Montauban ?10.3 million ? relegated from Top 14
Perpignon ?12.4 million
Biarritz ?14.4 million
Racing Metro in Paris 16 million
Brive ?16 million
Toulon ?17 million (Jonny Wilkinson, Filipe Contepomi)
Clermont Auvergne ?19 million
State Francais ?21 million
Toulouse ?28.1 million
According to the IRFU, if Minister Ryan goes ahead and makes the Heineken Cup involving Irish teams free to air the loss to the IRFU will be ?12 million or 18% of income. This will not be replaced by advertising and will destroy the pool arrangement with the other Rugby Unions.