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Truculent props? We have bigger problems!

14 June 2020 1 comment

IT’S official: the props are revolting. As the coronavirus- driven realities of wage restraint and salary cap reduction kick in, it is the men at […]

RPA issues statement accusing Premiership of ‘lack of governance’

12 June 2020 0 comments

Premiership clubs and RPA in complete breakdown as pay dispute escalates

Bristol explain why they relaxed their opposition to salary cap changes

11 June 2020 0 comments

Owner Steve Lansdown had previously openly stated his opposition to changes to the salary cap

Premiership clubs agree to cut salary cap down from £7m

8 June 2020 0 comments

Clubs vote by majority to reduced threshold of salaries to £5m, but with scope to be equal to £6m

Delayed Premiership salary cap vote goes ahead today

8 June 2020 0 comments

Clubs to take vote on reducing the salary cap and marquee players rule

Delayed salary cap vote goes ahead tomorrow

7 June 2020 2 comments

PREMIERSHIP clubs will vote again tomorrow on proposals that should see them reduce the salary cap and overhaul the ‘marquee’ players rule. The review by […]

French cash crisis should halt Racing bid for Itoje

7 June 2020 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Watch this space: Maro Itoje’s rumoured move to Racing looks doubtful PICTURE: Getty Images For some time, French rugby has been […]

BT show they are true rugby Sports

31 May 2020 0 comments

THESE are nervous cantankerous times with many sounding off before engaging their grey matter while too often reasoned debate descends into narky argument. So fair […]

Ambition? Lansdown should ask Ealing!

31 May 2020 0 comments

STEVE Lansdown wants to ring fence the Premier League so that the clubs can get their finances in order. Well, we’ve had over 20 years […]

Lessons our game can learn from America

31 May 2020 0 comments

JERRY Guscott’s piece in last week’s issue highlighted the NFL’s salary cap as a reason for the league’s financial stability. It isn’t the only contributing […]

Guscott column: Premiership can learn financial fair play from NFL

27 May 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott judges how the salary cap is applied in the NFL to maximise financial and regulatory viability

Ring-fence now to help clubs rebuild say Bristol

25 May 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY EXCLUSIV SALARY cap rebels Bristol have called for Premiership ring-fencing plans to be implemented to enable cash-strapped rivals to put their finances […]

ON THE BLINGSIGE

25 May 2020 0 comments

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■DAN CARTER has formally parted company with Kobe Kobelco Steelers and is now weighing up his next move. […]

Premiership is for all – not just the richest, Steve

25 May 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Ifear for the future of the Premiership and the open letter from Bristol Bears owner, Steve Lansdown, has done nothing to ease my […]

Rugby can learn financial fair play from America

25 May 2020 0 comments

From outside the Premiership circle it seems that if you have a group of clever people running these clubs, who, in their own business lives […]

Myners is right, raise players culbability

25 May 2020 2 comments

I AGREE with Lord Myners’ recommendation that players should also carry some accountability for breaches of the salary cap and we need look no further […]

Spencer column: Cruel for Richmond but the game has moved on

21 May 2020 0 comments

TRP columnist Catherine Spencer reviews the big changes to the Premier 15s which saw Richmond lose out in the audit proces

Cain column: Myners report gives sage clarity salary cap has been lacking for years

20 May 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain receives the publishing of the Myners report with acclaim, but says it will do little to address wage inflation

Diamond starts the blame game

17 May 2020 3 comments

STEVE Diamond, who must have splashed out a fair few quid on the legion of South Africans in the Sale Sharks squad, has had a […]

Myners Review: Premiership Rugby publishes salary cap report

14 May 2020 0 comments

Three-month review of salary cap management leaves no shortage of changes proposed by Lord Myners

Revealed: Where Alex Goode will be playing next season after agreeing terms to leave Saracens

13 May 2020 0 comments

Saracens stalwart Alex Goode won’t be playing in the Championship, Neil Fissler reports

My new dawn: increase squad size, cut salaries

10 May 2020 1 comment

COLIN BOAG Fringe man: Ben Mercer playing for Cornish Pirates What I’m about to suggest will be seen by some as barking mad, but bear […]

Elite clubs are not the only guilty parties

10 May 2020 0 comments

JEFF Probyn’s column last week is rightly scathing about the Premiership and EPCR, citing their lack of concern about the game of rugby as a […]

Regionalise yes, but do not reduce salary cap

10 May 2020 1 comment

I FULLY agree with Richard Homer’s idea on the letter’s page last week to regionalise the English leagues below the Championship, but I see no […]

No French champions for first time since WW2

3 May 2020 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON Big signing: Wallaby Kurtley Beale will join Racing 92 PICTURE: Getty Images The 30 presidents of the Top 14 and ProD2 this week […]

Bid to cut National 1 salary cap hits strong opposition

26 April 2020 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY CONTROVERSIAL proposals by Chinnor and Old Elthamians to have the National One salary cap slashed by 40 per cent will be torpedoed […]

Neither Beaumont nor Pichot are right

26 April 2020 0 comments

Same old: Billy Beaumont and Agustin Pichot COLIN BOAG Everyone knows the problem with elections: candidates come up with good ideas, make promises, and then, […]

Temper self-interest for big picture

26 April 2020 0 comments

IF EVIDENCE were needed of the self-interest that tends to drive attitudes in rugby, two pieces in last week’s TRP on the subject of salary […]

National One in conflict over salary cap reduction

23 April 2020 0 comments

Not everyone in National League One is in favour of a financial reset

Guscott column: May-day for opponents as Gloucester-bound Jonny just gets better

21 April 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott analyses Jonny May’s move to Gloucester and what it means for his England career

The three Premiership clubs who vetoed reducing the salary cap from £7m to £5.5m

21 April 2020 0 comments

Salary cap operating window and player turnover come July had led to vote on lowering limit

National One in conflict over salary cap reduction

19 April 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY BATTLE lines are being drawn among National League One clubs after Chinnor chairman Simon Vickers demanded a swingeing 40 per cent reduction […]

Premiership could bring down £7m salary cap limit to help clubs

17 April 2020 0 comments

The rigidity of the salary cap stands to put Premiership clubs deeper into trouble unless it adapts

Saracens ask highest earners to accept partial wage deferrals

15 April 2020 0 comments

Reigning Premiership champions take major measures towards maintaining their sustainability

Deal for Saracens’ Richard Wigglesworth to join Sale Sharks is off

14 April 2020 0 comments

Not making the switch north to Premiership rivals

Inverdale’s demand for grassroots shake-up

5 April 2020 1 comment

‘Financial models are broken’ By NEALE HARVEY JOHN Inverdale has called for a root and branch review of how community rugby operates amid the wreckage […]

Contract chaos puts Carl Fearns in limbo in France

3 April 2020 0 comments

Former Bath back row Carl Fearns reveals the situation facing him as an out-of-contract player in the Top 14

What the Premiership has to do to evolve according to expert Mark Evans

1 April 2020 0 comments

How can the Premiership reset itself so it doesn’t have to rely on rich men to cover their losses?

Evans: Use this crisis to make rugby healthy again

29 March 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLISH rugby’s broken model needs fixing and now is the perfect time to instigate change, says industry expert Mark Evans. Against a […]

The Vunipolas are wanted by Super Rugby

15 March 2020 0 comments

Going Down Under? Billy Vunipola and, inset, Mako SARACENS brothers Billy and Mako Vunipola are attracting interest from Super Rugby sides who want to sign […]

Blues are favourites to sign Saracens ace Tompkins

8 March 2020 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS & ALEX BYWATER CARDIFF Blues have emerged as the leading contenders to sign new Wales centre Nick Tompkins on loan from Saracens […]

I’ll stay as long as Saracens want me to, says Alex Goode

26 February 2020 0 comments

Alex Goode comes to the defence of ex-Saracens chairman Nigel Wray, and says he wants to finish his career at the club

Exclusive: Championship threaten to revive play-off system and add to Saracens woe

25 February 2020 0 comments

Life in the Championship next season might not be as straightforward as Saracens were expecting

Yarde hat-trick keeps Sale up with leaders

23 February 2020 0 comments

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL On a charge: Sale’s Luke James PICTURES: Getty Images MARLAND Yarde’s deadly hat-trick illuminated a thumping bonuspoint win for a Sale side […]

Diamond promises three top signings

23 February 2020 4 comments

STEVE Diamond revealed more big-name signings are set to be announced after Sale maintained their title charge. For the first time in over a decade, […]

Perhaps it’s time to boycott the top tier

23 February 2020 0 comments

COULD this season get any worse? The whole salary cap saga proved just how poor the administration of the professional game is, and while I […]

England prop Harry Williams anticipates damaging impact on second two

18 February 2020 0 comments

The Exeter Chiefs prop speaks out about how cuts to the second tier ‘are not ideal’

Jamie George to stay at Saracens when club is relegated to Championship

13 February 2020 0 comments

George signals his intention to stay put with GK IPA Championship-bound Saracens, even with 2021 being a Lions year

PRL must hand over control of salary cap

2 February 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Under scrutiny: Saracens in better times. Lord Myners I have questioned whether Premiership Rugby would include supporters in their list of stakeholders who […]

Bath ready to offer Saracens centre Alex Lozowski a new challenge

30 January 2020 0 comments

Neil Fissler reveals which clubs have marked Saracens players as targets

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