Players at professional clubs in Wales face salary cuts from the 2024/25 season, but a verbal agreement is in place for a new six-year deal for local teams after weeks of tension between the Professional Rugby Board (PRB) and the players' association. The Welsh Rugby Union met with senior members of the na
Players at professional clubs in Wales face salary cuts from the 2024/25 season, but a verbal agreement is in place for a new six-year deal for local teams after weeks of tension between the Professional Rugby Board and the players' association.
Local media reported that Welsh players could go on strike ahead of their home Six Nations clash against England on Feb. 25 if the impasse continued."The new agreement offers a complete funding package to the professional game in Wales, but it does come with financial limitations which will directly affect salary negotiations," PRB chair Malcolm Wall said in a news release from the Welsh Rugby Union .
"The average salary of a Welsh professional rugby player under the new framework will be around £100,000-per-year. The WRU said the next step was to"confirm the deal and confirm these contracts and we will be moving as swiftly as we possibly can to that point".
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