Dash for cash must not damage rugby’s ethos | Nick Cain

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BARNET, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: A statue of William Webb Ellis outside the stadium complex ahead of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Saracens and Newcastle Falcons at StoneX Stadium on October 09, 2021 in Barnet, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

THE £32m takeover of Saracens by a polyglot international consortium comes with a health warning as the club’s erstwhile banker and foremost fan, Nigel Wray, takes a backseat.
Wray has his critics, especially after the salary cap infractions that saw Saracens relegated two years ago by edict of the Premiership owners group, after being handed a £5.2m fine and a 35-point league deduction.
Even though the new deal marks the end of Wray’s 26-year ownership of Saracens there are not many who would take issue with his parting statement that, “I have given my heart and soul to the club”. He migh...

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