Bernard Jackman: Coronavirus could change landscape of professional rugby

Jackman:"I think you’ll end up back to levels of five or six years ago pretty quickly and probably, maybe, less professionals.”

Bernard Jackman has warned that players’ salaries will shrink to levels last seen half a decade ago as the world of rugby comes to grips with the financial consequences of the current crisis.

The sport is only one small chapter in what is a global fallout but its difficulties as a result of it all serve as a useful example as to just how far-reaching the coronavirus pandemic and government actions taken to combat it will be.