LIST: Every Six Nations participants three highest-paid players

Six Nations top earners

IRELAND:

1. CONOR MURRAY (Munster) - £565,000
2. JOHNNY SEXTON (Leinster) - £536,000
3. TADHG FURLONG (Leinster) – £530,000

FRANCE:

1. VIRIMI VAKATAWA (Racing 92) - £780,000
2. MORGAN PARRA (Clermont) - £580,000
3. ANTOINE DUPONT (Toulouse) - £520,000

ENGLAND:

1. MARO ITOJE (Saracens) - £825,000
2. OWEN FARRELL (Saracens) - £750,000
3. HENRY SLADE (Exeter Chiefs) – £550,000

WALES:

1. DAN BIGGAR (Northampton Saints) - £600,000
2. JONATHAN DAVIES (Scarlets) – £550,000
3. ALUN WYN JONES (Ospreys) – £500,000

SCOTLAND:

1. FINN RUSSELL (Racing 92) - £850,000
2. STUART HOGG (Exeter Chiefs) - £550,000
3. JAMIE RITCHIE (Edinburgh) - £500,000

EDITORS PICKS:

• All Black legend Dan Carter ranks his five toughest opponents
• The current 36-man Lions squad, according to the bookies
• Piers Morgan picks his all-time greatest rugby XV
• Every Premiership club’s best player out of contract in 2021