Scotland fly-half Finn Russell joining Bath for a significant wage from next season has seen him rise towards the top of the financial elite of the game.
At a time when money and focus on it is all the more prevalent in the modern game, some might wonder how Bath have managed to make Russell's place towards the top of rugby's highest earners list all the more safe. Whatever, they have and Russell is now safely near the top of the best-paid players in the sport.
But who are the rest of them? As you'd expect, such details are closely guarded, but here are the reported salaries of some of the game's biggest earners:
