The Wallabies last won the World Cup in 1999. Photo / Photosport
Wallabies players could each take home an extra $125,000 in payments this year if they can break a 20-year drought and win the Rugby World Cup in Tokyo.
The team will reportedly pocket $25,000 each should they win a semifinal and qualify for the World Cup final and stand to
gain $100,000 each if they manage to win the Webb Ellis Cup for the first time since 1999, reports rugby.com.au.
Under the collective bargaining agreement, Wallabies players receive a $10,000 match payment if they are nationally contracted while non-Rugby Australia contracted players take $12,000 a match.
This new arrangement, struck by Rugby AU and the Rugby Union Players' Association, is a shift away from the all-or-nothing structure of 2015, where players were poised to earn $100,000 if they won but received nothing extra for simply making the title match.
The move expands the total prize pool for players to $5.5 million for the tournament, up from 2015's $4.7 million.
