Itoje, Ford, Marler: Every England player wages ahead of 2022 Six Nations

Thursday, 27 January 2022 at 11:17

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byRugby Rucker

England's 36-man for the 2022 SIx Nations is stacked with quality.

With the 2022 Six Nations just over a week away, we've listed the wages of every player in England's squad using data provided by Sportex.

Sportrex don't have the exact wages of every player with some instead estimated on position and league average.

Now, it's important to clarify before we jump into the list that our model is built on an imaginary world where the order of a squad's wages perfectly aligned with their ability and contribution to the squad.

In other words, if we put someone earning £100,000-a-season in 'underpaid', we're not saying that professional rugby players are hard done by, but rather that their wages don't match up with their contextual importance.

And let's make another thing clear: fair play to all the rugby stars on this list because they've put in a hard graft to succeed in one of the toughest industries out there to earn the big bucks that they do.

Got it? Cool, so disclaimers aside, check out how the England squad ranks down below according to their reported wages...

Very underpaid:

Alfie Barbeary (Wasps, uncapped) - £75,000
Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons, 5 caps) - £30,000
Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs, 12 caps) - £125,000
Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 2 caps) - £50,000
Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 9 caps) - £200,000
Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish, uncapped) - £50,000
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks, 2 caps) - £50,000

Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 7 caps) during England Rugby training session at The Lensbury Hotel, Teddington, London on 28 Sept 2021. Photo: Phil Mingo/PPAUK

Underpaid:

Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 36 caps) - £250,000
Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 10 caps) - £150,000
Joe Marler (Harlequins, 74 caps) - £300,000
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 2 caps) - £50,000
Orlando Bailey (Bath Rugby, uncapped) - £27,000
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 5 caps) - £100,000
Harry Randall (Bristol Bears, 2 caps) - £75,000
Max Malins (Saracens, 10 caps) - £100,000

Tom Curry of England Rugby during the Six Nations Championship match between England and Italy at Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, London on January 13 2021. - PHOTO: Micah Crook/PPAUK

Bang on the money:

Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, uncapped) - £25,000
Luke Northmore (Harlequins, uncapped) - £150,000
Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 7 caps) - £250,000
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 15 caps) - £125,000
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 31 caps) - £300,000
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 4 caps) - £250,000
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 26 caps) - £200,000
Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 31 caps) - £320,000
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 90 caps) - £375,000
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, uncapped) - £40,000
Mark Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby, 1 cap) - £350,000
Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 5 caps) - £450,000
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 112 caps) - £300,000
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 34 caps) - £370,000
George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 5 caps) - £150,000
Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 7 caps) - £200,000
Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 47 caps) - £500,000

Jack Nowell of Exeter Chiefs during the Gallagher Premiership match between Harlequins and Exeter Chiefs at Twickenham Stoop, London on January 8th 2022. Photo: Micah Crook/PPAUK

Overpaid:

Jamie George (Saracens, 61 caps) - £400,000
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 43 caps) - £500,000

Henry Slade of England kicks the conversion during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Tonga at Twickenham Stoop on 6 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK

Very overpaid:

Maro Itoje (Saracens, 51 caps) - £825,000
George Ford (Leicester Tigers) - £600,000
Elliot Daly (Saracens) - £500,000

Leicester Tigers player George Ford (c) during the Gallagher Premiership rugby game between Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Nov 5th - PHOTO: Steve Bond/PPAUK