Premiership Rugby News
• ‘Why wouldn’t they want it published? It’s a question for them’ • CEO Darren Childs insists no other clubs are breaking salary capPremiership Rugby has rejected any suggestion that other leading clubs may be breaching the salary cap following Saracen…
Steve Lansdown: Saracens ‘committed a sin’RFU CEO Sweeney insists there will be no independent inquiryThe decision to allow Saracens to complete the current Premiership season having accepted relegation to the Championship has been strongly criticised …
From the Champions League to Test cricket to Team GB: where money flows, success often follows. But as a country we don’t really like to talk about thatIn September and October last year, with what we now have to say is slightly unfortunate timing, Sar…
The Saracens salary cap scandal has already deeply damaged the domestic league – but it now appears the worst is yet to come for the club, its players, and the game as a wholeWhat a mess. Not only for Saracens, currently neck-deep in a reputational slu…
Club admit defeat in attempt to comply with salary capPlayers told at emergency meeting to discuss crisisEngland’s erstwhile champion club Saracens will be playing in the Championship next season after repeatedly failing to adhere to the Premiership’s …
• Club could defend trophy only if they avoid relegation• ‘If we make quarters, not many teams would want to play us’Alex Lozowski believes that, if Saracens retain the European Champions Cup, it would rank as the club’s greatest achievement after the …
Willi Heinz is showing that Eddie Jones made the right call at the World Cup while there are encouraging signs at Welford RoadWilli Heinz was one of the more left-field selections in last year’s World Cup, called up by England at the age of 32 as one o…
• Wasps 31-35 Northampton• Taqele Naiyaravoro scores winning tryThe Northampton director of rugby, Chris Boyd, was relieved to see his Saints “poke themselves in front” in the final two minutes to record a breathless win over Wasps. Related: Exeter use…
• London Irish 28-45 Exeter• Leaders make light of two yellow cardsEddie Jones was in the stands to watch this frequently manic contest as he ponders his England Six Nations squad to be named in a fortnight’s time. Quite how much it informs his thinkin…
• Saracens 62-5 Worcester• Warriors lock kept in hospital overnightIn his 20-plus years as Saracens chairman, Nigel Wray has presided over wins of more significance than this, but if the urgency of his charges’ performance is any gauge they were of a m…
• Gloucester 29-15 Bath• Victors move to third in PremiershipCrowds here for years were treated to bruising encounters usually decided by uncompromising home forwards and the boot of an accurate goal-kicker, but Gloucester’s metamorphosis in the profes…
• Leicester 31-18 Bristol• Tigers run in five tries on way to important victoryJonny May scored two tries as Leicester claimed only their second Gallagher Premiership win of the season with a 31-18 victory over Bristol.Winger May scored once in each ha…
The promoted side are desperate to stay in the Premiership for next year’s relocation but need results – starting against leaders ExeterExeter may have spent a huge amount of physical and mental energy in overcoming Saracens last weekend but London Iri…
• Sale 48-10 Harlequins • Sharks score six tries in bonus-point winHarlequins’ head of rugby Paul Gustard branded Joe Marler’s actions “absolutely ridiculous” after the prop was sin-binned in his side’s 48-10 mauling at the hands of Sale.Marler did not…
The scrum is going the way of the dodo and CVC is altering the food chain as the game continues to evolveWhen Wayne Pivac announced six weeks ago that Sam Warburton would be joining his Wales management team as breakdown coach, he broke the mould. On r…