Further details may be found at www.tass.gov.uk. 0 0. Salaries are lower as a result with the average Super League player earning around £60,000 per year. We look forward to working with our franchise partner Stirling University, the other Super 6 clubs and Scottish Rugby on the next phase to ensure a successful launch of the tournament. It is possible to transfer between clubs, play for teams abroad and even transfer from rugby union to league or rugby league to union. It was first introduced in 1999 and has been revised several times since. Sport. As of the 2012-13 season, the salary cap within the rugby league's Super League, is £1.6 million. Rugby league clubs offer scholarships to young players aged 13-16 whom they have identified as having the potential to play professionally. small number make it to the top as a rugby player and most are spotted at an early age playing for their school The trainees continue their education and play for their school and club sides, but also spend time developing skills at the professional club. Daily Mail: All Blacks star Carter to be best-paid player in the world as Racing Metro offer £4m deal, Daily Mail: A people’s hero in a sport where cash isn't king, Telegraph: French league the place to go for top salaries. Hawks, Currie Chieftains, Dundee, Edinburgh Academicals, Gala and Hawick were unsuccessful in their bids. Glasgow Bid looks reasonable to me, so why does Scotland's biggest population base, and home of it's most successful Pro club miss out, yet Edinburgh ends up with 3 franchises? "The commitment offered by Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, the Royal Navy in Scotland and three long-established rugby clubs did not find favour on this occasion. Sport. When asked where the game was lost as Ulster were beaten 26-20 by Connacht at the Aviva Stadium yesterday, Dan McFarland replied 'sat on the sofa' the afternoon previous. Does strike of the old boys club keeping everything in Edinburgh and those talented youngsters based in Glasgow consigned to travelling an hour to training in Edinburgh or Ayr several nights a week before they eventually give up due to lack of time and money- What were the SRU thinking! Steven. We are the leading rugby union news and content network delivering you the latest news, views and all the moves in Rugby … Dirk Huds has been a writer/editor for over six years. Simply appalling, shortsighted and a knife in the back of anything west of Newbridge. Website: www.skillsactive.com, The Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS), City Sports Centre, Off Northumberland Road, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne,