The world's highest-paid XV featuring Farrell earn £10.8m-per-year

BACK-THREE:

• Fullback: BEAUDEN BARRETT £780k (Suntory Goliath)
• Winger: CHARLES PIUTAU £1m (Bristol Bears)
• Winger: Stuart Hogg £550k (Exeter Chiefs)

CENTRES:

• Centre: VIRIMI VAKATAWA £780k (Racing 92)
• Centre: OWEN FARRELL £750k (Saracens)

HALFBACKS:

• Fly-half: HANDRE POLLARD £1m (Montpellier)
• Scrum-half: FAF DE KLERK £600k (Sale Sharks)

FRONT-ROW:

• Loosehead-prop: MAKO VUNIPOLA £450k (Saracens)
• Hooker: GUILHEM GUIRADO £500 (Montpellier)
• Tighthead-prop: TADHG FURLONG £480k (Leinster)

SECOND-ROW:

• Lock: MARO ITOJE £825k (Saracens)
• Lock: EBEN ETZEBETH £900k (Toulon)

BACK-ROW:

• Blindside-flanker: STEVE LUATUA £650k (Bristol Bears)
• Openside-flanker: Michael Hooper £750,000 (Toyota Verblitz)
• Number eight: KIERAN READ £800,000 (Toyota Verblitz)

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