How absolutely typical of rugby union. One minute the country is cheering on England in a World Cup final, the next it is reading that the pre-eminent club in the land have been on the fiddle. Not intentionally, say Saracens’ solicitors, but still enough to cop an unprecedented fine of £5.3m and a draconian 35-point deduction should their appeal, which is already under way, fall on stony ground.
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Written by Robert Kitson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/05/saracens-salary-cap-breach-asterisk-great-rugby-club under the title “Saracens salary-cap breach stamps an asterisk on a great club and the game | Robert Kitson”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
