BREAKING: Finn Russell will become the Premiership's highest-paid player

Finn Russell facts:

1. His father played a lot of racket sports, and worked in sports administration, including as Director of Domestic Rugby for the Scottish Rugby Union
2. After secondary school, he pursued an apprenticeship for three years as a stonemason, in a business owned by a family friend, whilst his rugby developed
3. Russell has been nicknamed ‘Russell the Muscle’ due to having a somewhat slender build for a modern-day rugby player
4. Fly-half Russell was capped with the Barbarians against England during the mid-year rugby tests
5. In 2013 Russell received the John Macphail Scholarship, linked with New Zealand’s Lincoln University

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REVEALED: Every Premiership Rugby sides marquee players and their reported salary

Every Premiership Team's Marquee Player:

Bath RFC: None (was previously Taulupe Faletau)

Bristol Bears: Charles Piutau - £1,000,000 per season

Exeter Chiefs: Stuart Hogg - £500,000

Gloucester: Adam Hastings - £450,000

Adam Hastings of Gloucester Rugby kicks the conversion during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby Match between Gloucester Rugby and Exeter Chiefs at Kingsholm on 28 October. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK

Harlequins: André Esterhuizen - £420,000

Andre Esterhuizen of Harlequins during the Gallagher Premiership match between Harlequins and Leicester Tigers at Twickenham Stoop, London on 16 October 2022 (Photo: Micah Crook/PPAUK)

Leicester Tigers: Handre Pollard - £600,000

London Irish: Paddy Jackson - £500,000

Paddy Jackson of London Irish kicks for goal during the Gallagher Premiership match between London Irish and Newcastle Falcons at The Brentford Community Stadium, London on December 04 2021 (Photo: Danny Loo/PPAUK)

Newcastle Falcons: Unknown

Northampton Saints: None (was previously Dan Biggar)

Sale Sharks: George Ford - £450,000

Saracens: Owens Farrell - £750,000

Owen Farrell (c) of the Saracens during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby Match between Bath Rugby and Saracens at the Recreation Ground on 17 Oct. Photo: Steve Haag/PPAUK

Owen Farrell Facts: 

1. The Saracens star went to school with England teammate George Ford
2. His education began in rugby league – he joined Wigan St Patricks at the age of eight
3. He became the youngest ever player to appear in English professional rugby, making his debut aged 17 and 11 days. This record was later beaten by schoolmate Ford
4. It’s well known that Owen is the son of Ireland head coach Andy Farrell. However, it’s less commonly know that his uncle Sean O’Loughlin is also a rugby league legend, winning 34 caps for Great Britain between 1993 and 2009
5. He was not at first registered as a Farrell, but took mum Colleen’s family name of O’Loughlin. The couple married in 1995, changing Owen’s surname to Farrell the following year.