IRFU and players union reach agreement on salary reductions

Ireland’s professional rugby players have reached agreement with the Irish Rugby Football Union over a 10%  salary reduction for the next six months with a further 10% of their wages deferred for the same period it was announced on Monday night.

The IRFU and Rugby Players Ireland (RPI) had been in talks for several weeks over some form of pay cut to reflect the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which forced the sport to shut down in mid-March with no games possible until August 22-23, when the Irish provinces are set to resume a reduced Guinness PRO14 campaign over.