ARU Contracting procedures

[jargan83]

ARU contracts

The new model:

Wallabies players negotiate their contract solely with the ARU, who decide a player’s value, then have a Super Rugby franchise pay a pre-determined percentage of the wage.

The old model:

Wallabies players negotiate their contract with Super Rugby franchises, and once a figure is reached, they negotiate a top-up deal with the ARU.

What it means:

-Australian Super Rugby franchises cannot pay a player more than a figure determined by the ARU.

-Rival Australian teams cannot offer a Wallaby more money to leave his Super Rugby club, and can only lure him with the offer of a better rugby program.

-The 30-odd nationally contracted Wallabies choose which Super Rugby side they want to play for after finalising their ARU contract.

Australian Super Rugby salary cap:

$4.5 million per season on 30 players in core squad.

Each team is allowed to pay up to a total of $500,000 a year in third party payments which is not included in cap, but these payments also cannot increase the ARU’s agreed salary of a player.

From this article http://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/w...-1226914841141

[The InnFORCEr]

So who are the 30 or so Wallabies then, is Bam Bam a Wallaby, is Benny Mac a Wallaby, is Matty H a Wallaby.

How and when do they decide this???

[jargan83]

I wish the article told us that!

I assume Pocock would still be on a Wallaby contract so would be considered a Wallaby at the moment