As I understand it, the current central contract players for next season so far are:munster#1 wrote:I hadn’t realised that Kearney had decided to hang up his boots, so I was just thinking of his market value as a highly experienced international. You would imagine that he would still be able to command a fairly good salary in England or France.alanair wrote:@Munster #1 ... this is Leinster NOT Munster ...whereas Munster will of course be sanctioned to pay that kind of wad to some Saffers ... our guys won’t cost anywhere that muchmunster#1 wrote:Given their experience it would be a shame to lose either of them, but would be costly to hold on to both.
Probably looking at €750k a year for both, which is a big impact.
Also, I hadn’t realised that Toner had shown his cards and said that he did not want to move. So all bargaining power is gone.
Like Munster of old, Leinster are very fortunate in that a massive percentage of their wage bill is covered by the IRFU through central contracts.
I wonder if this will be a trend as players come to the end of their central contracts.
Healy - Leinster
TBA
Furlong - Leinster
Henderson - Ulster
Ryan - Leinster -
O'Mahony - Munster
TBA
Stander - Munster
Murray - Munster
Sexton - Leinster
Henshaw - Leinster
Aki - Connacht
Ringrose - Leinster
Earls - Munster
Stockdale - Ulster -
TBA
That leaves Hooker, Openside and Fullback unfilled.