How wages the of ‘best world XV’ compare to highest-paid XV with Jordan and Dupont massively underpaid
Rugby NewsWednesday, 08 December 2021 at 20:15
WILL JORDAN and Antoine Dupont are among the most underpaid players in the world.
That is according to World Rugby who picked their 'world's best XV' team featuring the top rugby players.
Six players find themselves in both XV's, which includes world-class lock pair Maro Itoje and Eben Etzebeth.
Check out the two very different selections below with some stars grossly underpaid for their talents.
WAGES OF THE WORLD'S BEST-PAID XV
- Fullback: STUART HOGG £550k (Exeter Chiefs)
- Winger: MAKAZOLE MAPIMPI £400k (Sharks)
- Winger: WILL JORDAN £80k (Crusaders)
- Centre: LUKHANYO AM £350k (Sharks)
- Centre: SAMU KEREVI £650k (Suntory Goliath)
- Fly-half: BEAUDEN BARRETT £780k (Suntory Goliath)
- Scrum-half: ANTOINE DUPONT £250k (Toulouse)
- Loosehead-prop: WYN JONES £120k (Scarlets)
- Hooker: MALCOLM MARX £400k (Kubota Spears)
- Tighthead-prop: TADHG FURLONG £480k (Leinster)
- Lock: MARO ITOJE £825k (Saracens)
- Lock: EBEN ETZEBETH £900k (Toulon)
- Blindside-flanker: SIYA KOLISI £500k (Sharks)
- Openside-flanker: MICHAEL HOOPER £750k (Toyota Verblitz)
- Number eight: ARDIE SAVEA £550k (Hurricanes)
WAGES OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST-PAID XV
- Fullback: BEAUDEN BARRETT £780k (Suntory Goliath)
- Winger: CHARLES PIUTAU £1m (Bristol Bears)
- Winger: STUART HOGG £550k (Exeter Chiefs)
- Centre: VIRIMI VAKATAWA £780k (Racing 92)
- Centre: OWEN FARRELL £750k (Saracens)
- Fly-half: HANDRE POLLARD £1m (Montpellier)
- Scrum-half: FAF DE KLERK £600k (Sale Sharks)
- Loosehead-prop: MAKO VUNIPOLA £450k (Saracens)
- Hooker: GUILHEM GUIRADO £500k (Montpellier)
- Tighthead-prop: TADHG FURLONG £480k (Leinster)
- Lock: MARO ITOJE £825k (Saracens)
- Lock: EBEN ETZEBETH £900k (Toulon)
- Blindside-flanker: STEVE LUATUA £650k (Bristol Bears)
- Openside-flanker: MICHAEL HOOPER £750,000 (Toyota Verblitz)
- Number eight: BILLY VUNIPOLA £550k (Saracens)
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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