Toulouse, La Rochelle, Toulon… The ranking of the budgets of the TOP 14 clubs
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The TOP 14 has made a comeback after several months of absence and a long wait for supporters and rugby fans. And like every off-season, all the clubs in the championship have been reinforced with prestigious signings. This is particularly the case for Stade Rochelais, Rugby Club Toulonnais, Stade Toulousain or Racing 92. But who says prestigious signings says will require reassessed budgets.
The famous site combining sport and business, Sportune, has just unveiled the ranking of the budgets of the TOP 14 clubs for the 2022/2023 season and the big teams are still monopolizing the first places. All in all, it is a total budget of 417.928 M€ which appears for the 14 first division clubs for an average envelope of 29.852 million euros.
Ranking of TOP 14 club budgets:
1. Stade Toulousain (€43,697m)
2. Stade Français (€41,378m)
3. Rugby Club Toulonnais (€38,290m)
4. Lyon LOU (€34,582m)
5. ASM Clermont (€32,506m)
6. Stade Rochelais (€30,804m)
7. Montpellier Hérault Rugby (€30,427m)
8. Union Bordeaux-Bègles (€29,672m)
9. Race 92 (€29,399m)
10. Paloise section (€24,541m)
11. Castres Olympiques (€23,406m)
12. Aviron Bayonnais (€21,621m)
13. Sales Brive (€19,809m)
14. USA Perpignan (€17,797m)
to summarize
Although Stade Toulousain has the biggest budget in the TOP 14, many clubs that took part in the final stages of the championship are not even in the top 6, such as Racing 92, Union Bordeaux-Bègles, Montpellier Hérault Rugby and even Olympic Castres.
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