Fly-half:
- Handre Pollard (Montpellier) – £1m
The Springboks play maker who has a world cup trophy became the joint highest paid rugby player in the universe alongside Piutau after agreeing to join the top 14 Montpellier from The Bulls in the Super Rugby last year.
Scrum-half:
- Aaron Smith (Highlanders) – £620k
