Sonny Bill Williams breaks all records with £2.6m-a-year deal at Toronto

• Deal lasts two seasons for 58-Test former All Black• Toronto expected to confirm signing in London next weekSonny Bill Williams will be unveiled as the highest-paid player in the history of either code of rugby next week after agreeing a two-year deal with Toronto Wolfpack. The 34-year-old has agreed to return to the 13-man code with the Super League newcomers, who will pay him a reported £2.6m annual salary – a figure which exceeds the total annual spend of every other league club in the northern hemisphere.Only £150,000 of Williams’ wages will count on the salary cap due to the marquee-player ruling, which was implemented to attract major signings into the competition. The dual-code international’s signature for the Wolfpack supersedes any other deal struck in the competition’s history. Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian

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