Trophy would crown an extremely excellent first season at Bath. Finn Russell arrived in Bath last summer with a huge price tag. He signed from Racing 92 for a reported £1 million per year, prompting some scepticism in the English media. Of course, large-scale contracts have existed in the past. Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje, Charles Piutau, and Semi Radradra are all rumoured to have been on or around the £1 million mark, but at a time when the league in England was struggling, Wasps, Worcester, and London Irish were going out of business, almost every club in the league was reporting significant losses, and a major reduction in the salary cap, the majority
I believe there is often a skewed perception down south that until you’ve done it in the Premiership, you’re not valued. So, while Finn had been successful in France and Scotland, the fact that he hadn’t played in England left several analysts sceptical that he represented value for money for Bath.
