All Blacks pick up £2m fee in Cardiff

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THE All Blacks will break all box-office records in Cardiff next month by collecting around £2m just for turning up.
Their reward for ensuring Wales a full-house at the 74,500-seater Principality Stadium on October 30 is the biggest appearance fee for any team playing outside the three-week period set aside for Test matches in November.
SANZAAR announced before the last World Cup that their teams ‘will only play extra matches if they get £1.5m per match’.
The WRU still stand to make a handsome profit. The match will gross around £6m in ticket sales alone with further seven-figure revenue s...

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