By PETER JACKSON

Welsh rugby’s cure to its financial crisis will include pay cuts of up to 50 per cent for some players employed by the ailing regional quartet.
Union negotiators finalising a six-year agreement believe too many players are being paid too much. “The regions are paying mediocre players excessive amounts,’’ a source told The Rugby Paper yesterday. “Some squad players who cannot command regular firstteam places are being paid £100,000-a-year and more in some cases. They have been living beyond their means for years. It is simply not sustainable any longer.”
The players’ union,...