Two current Springboks are among the 20 highest earners in the English Premiership for the 2022-23 season.
, Vincent Koch and Handre Pollard will both be earning at least £400 000 per season, putting them among the English league’s highest-paid players.
Two-time Premiership winner Koch, who has left Saracens to join Wasps, is tied at 20th with England and Sale Sharks centre Manu Tuilagi, as both will be earning £400 000 in the coming season.Bok flyhalf and World Cup winner Pollard has moved to England from French club Montpellier to take up a contract with defending Premiership champions Leicester Tigers. The deal will see Pollard earn £610 000 next season, putting him as the fifth-highest earner in the Premiership.
New Zealand lock Steven Luatua , Saracens duo Maro Itoje and Owen Farrell and Bristol Bears centre Charles Piutau make up the rest of the top five.