Matua
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That's not strictly true. The French have a range of clubs, some are money pits for their owners (by choice) and others are mostly sponsorship funded. However, unlike the NRL tv rights money doesn't make up a significant portion of a clubs funding. That's probably a good thing for the comp, if the TV rights deal falls over it doesn't endanger the comp as much as it would if a large portion of their funding came from those rights (see Oz rugby recently where NZ rugby has had to help bail them out when their tv rights shrunk).from my limited knowledge it seems that NRL, Super league and Irish RU are operating based on money that they actually have
Think Japan and French RU are being topped up by sugar daddies/corporations
Japanese rugby appears to just be corporation based.
Either way, "money that they actually have" doesn't really mean anything. It all comes from somewhere, and can disappear at any time.
@Dark Corner Irish rugby has very few spots for non Irish players so wont be attracting that many players.