Paul Rees looks at the big name players who have been on the move in the Premiership during this close season
Player movement this summer has been more notable for those who have left than the arrivals in the Premiership’s age of austerity. The salary cap remains at £5m for a final season before going back up to £6.4m, although the ravages of inflation mean that will not stretch as far as it did three years ago.
The collapse of three clubs last season. Worcester, Wasps and London Irish, flooded the market at a time when a number of contracts were not renewed. The number of marquee players h...
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