How much will the Springboks get paid for winning RWC?
How much will the Springboks get paid for winning RWC?
The Springboks won the 2023 Rugby World Cup against New Zealand. How much will they get paid for winning the cup?
PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 28: Following the Rugby World Cup 2023 final between New Zealand and South Africa at Stade de France on October 28, 2023 in Paris, France, the Springboks celebrate their triumph as World Champions.
After defeating New Zealand in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final match, which was played in France on Saturday, October 28, the Springboks created history by becoming the tournament’s fourth-ever victors. The salary of the Rugby World Cup winners is shown below.
HOW MUCH WILL THE SPRINGBOKS GET FOR WINNING THE RUGBY WORLD CUP?
The precise compensation that the Springboks will get for winning the World Cup this year has not yet been made public. BusinnesLIVE reported that SA Rugby president Mark Alexander reportedly stated that World Rugby does not award prize money for winning the Rugby World Cup tournament, but the players will receive bonuses. This is despite several sources claiming that this year’s Rugby World Cup champions will receive £5m (a whopping R93 million).
Alexander was cited as stating, “We have win bonuses we planned four years in advance and they are taken care of by that. World Rugby does not give prize money for the trophy.”

2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP CASH PRIZES
In the meanwhile, it was reported how much England might have received in 2019 had they won the World Cup. The Telegraph claims that World Rugby’s real prize money for winning the 2019 World Cup was just £325,000, or around R7.4 million. This meant that every England player had a chance to receive at least £10,000, or R228 000.
It was also believed that, had England’s squad prevailed, the Rugby Football Union would have contributed a total tournament prize of £7 million (a staggering R159 million), or around £220 000 (an estimated R500 000) for each player. However, the Springboks were also the 2019 World Cup champions and embarrassed England with 32 points, leaving them behind at 12 points by the end of the final clash.