top-level

"I'm lost for words. This is the best day of my life by far." said Williams who shrugged his shoulder after a first top-level Grade One win.

His transformation into a top-level performer is not just about talent.

In the men's competition, top-level players will see their pay increase by 60% to £200,000, compared to a 30% rise to £65,000 for leading women's stars as part of an overall 25% rise across all salary bands.

The memo instructs top-level officials to prepare to “resize and tailor the workforce to the mission and revised structure” this August.

"Without putting too much pressure on him, I see a world-class top-level 10," Warburton told Rugby Union Weekly.