So how do strictly Union players make money, are they all like Uni grads, have professional careers and just do Rugby on the side thing?
I dont know about the other countries. But in Union The 6 nations in Europe and the Tri nations of Convicts, South Africa & Kiwis, theyre all professional.
Funny thing is, Union has only really been professional in the UK in the last 15-20 years or so. The best players in Britain most of them where white collar workers, before the game went Professional.
The good/top players are on £100-200k+ year contracts then, not sure if they have 2 contracts one for club and one country. The popular players have endorsements deals like the footballers do, but im not sure on what scale tho. Guess that would depend on celebrity
Union players in England are largely made up of people Middle Classes while League is made up of Northern Working Class people. Thats always been the class divide between the 2 codes. And yeah most of the Union players are Uni grads, i think some of them do have side jobs/businesses that they work on p/t. Once the Union players career is over they go into professional jobs, thats if they dont go into coaching or adminstrative roles within the sport
Oh word?
at Essien facking up twice in the space of 5 seconds. 
