• Home fans wave fake £50 notes at Saracens players
A section of supporters in the Shed shouted insults and waved fake £50 notes as Saracens took the field, but money did not talk as loudly as Richard Wigglesworth whose calm authority helped the English and European champions finish a fraught week with their first victory here for four years to move to second in the table.
Saracens were labelled cheats and tainted winners after a disciplinary panel found they had breached the salary cap rules – and imposed a 35-points deduction this season, suspended pending an appeal, as well as a £5m fine. But, as the exact charges against them have not been revealed, who knows whether they systematically flouted the regulations or were administratively slapdash.
Written by Paul Rees at Kingsholm
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/09/gloucester-saracens-premiership-match-report under the title “Saracens shake off salary cap taunts as Ben Earl punishes Gloucester”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
