The country's leading rugby players are reportedly set to follow the lead of the All Blacks coaching group and take a pay cut to help New Zealand Rugby through the coronavirus pandemic.
With the virus having a widespread impact on businesses, pay cuts and redundancies have been prevalent in many industries. Now, just under two weeks after Beauden Barrett confirmed New Zealand's players were working on pay cuts with NZR, the size of those cuts have been reported.
Leading rugby journalist and broadcaster Scotty Stevenson reports All Blacks players are set to take a 10 per cent pay cut and give up most, if not all, incentives and bonuses - including retirement fund contributions "estimated at $10,000 per annum per Super Rugby player".