France Rugby - France v New Zealand All Blacks - Stade de France, Saint-Denis near Paris, France, 26/11/2016. New Zealand players including Julian Savea (R) celebrate. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's dominance of world rugby will be shored up in coming years by a significant boost in player payments stemming in part from next year's lucrative British and Irish Lions tour.
New Zealand Rugby said the tour would contribute to a pool of NZ$176 million (100.20 million pounds) for "player payments, education and welfare initiatives" over a new three-year collective bargaining agreement from 2016-18, up from NZ$121m.
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