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Abbie Ward (née Scott, born 27 March 1993) is an English rugby union player. She plays at international level for England , having made her debut for the side in 2015. She currently plays for Bristol Bears Women at club level.
The base salary cap, which was £4.76 million in 2014–15, rose to £5.1 million. The amount of "academy credits" available to each club—credits against the cap for younger players on the senior squad who were developed at the club—rose from £240,000 to £400,000.
The average salary of players in the Top 14 was estimated to have risen, in 2010, to $153,700 (compared to $123,000 in the English Premiership). [19] The wealth of the Top 14 clubs has led them to attract a large number of international players, [ 20 ] and to build teams with more strength in depth (in 2011, Top 14 clubs could have as many as ...
In 1871 the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England, was formed by 21 rugby clubs, and the first international match, which involved England, was played in Scotland. The England national team compete annually in the Six Nations Championship , and are former world champions after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup .
The English Premiership operates a salary cap, [98] set by the Premiership Rugby Board, specifying the money a club can spend on the player salaries of its squad per season. Until the 2024–25 season, the base cap is £5 million, with an "academy credit" of up to £600,000 (£100,000 per player for up to six players).
Academy ceiling for international players retained at £100,000 but with maximum salary increasing from £30,000 to £50,000. Homegrown academy players are not counted in the £100,000 limit. For contracts continuing into 2021–22, the cap cost will be counted at 75% of their actual value to manage transition to the new caps.
The National Rugby League has adopted the salary cap system from its predecessor. A special team headed by former Australian representative Ian Schubert deals with salary cap issues and monitors teams on a yearly basis. [2] As of 2019 the salary cap is $9.6 million for the top thirty players at each club.
His cash value was put at £750, which was a staggering signing-on fee for an adolescent who had not yet played 13-a-side rugby (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £137,700 in 2015). [5]