"£300k is the New £200k" Since AP Cap Increase

The Daily Mail has reported that a wages war has been started in the Aviva Premiership: Clubs fear Manu Tuilagi’s high-stakes contract negotiations following the salary cap hike will spark a wages war, with an elite group of international stars creaming off clubs’ budgets while other earnings flat-line. Premier Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty outlined new measures in October — with the salary cap set to increase by £1.5million over the next two seasons — aimed at preventing English clubs losing out to richer French and Japanese outfits. With the average Premiership player salary still be…