prize money

When the current contracts were put in place, the prize money arrangements were set up around 10 teams.

Missing out on ticket sales and prize money by finishing low down in the Six Nations will prove costly.

Littler takes home £150,000 for winning the title, plus £3,500 for winning this group, taking his prize money to £558,500 for the Order of Merit, which is calculated over a two-year period.

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Asked how she would spend the £50,000 prize money, she said: "I need to buy myself a new bike, and it's going to be a good bike."