The Breakdown | English rugby must wear salary cap and resist temptation to remove it

30/04/2024 11:30

The vibrancy of domestic game on field is something to enjoy but no one should lose sight of certain financial realities

They published the annual salary-cap report last week. Premier Rugby has turned this into quite the glossy document, as if to underscore how seriously the concept of the salary cap is taken these days.

Poignantly, this is the first time since You Know What that Saracens finished the season as champions. Thus they were subjected to the extended audit they themselves inspired, whereby the champion club have their emails and text messages forensically imaged and searched. "Saracens should be commended on their approach, support and full compliance," says the report. Oh, brave new world!