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I’m banking on Myners to end this Sarries saga

26 January 2020 0 comments

BEING both a proud Cornishman – and therefore surely a rugby man – and a razor sharp former Financial Services Minister, I have high hopes […]

Who would open their books for scrutiny?

26 January 2020 0 comments

Academy boys: Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje PICTURE: Getty Images Saracens, Saracens, Saracens, it seems that’s all this season has been about as every week […]

Renegade Russell on parade to help Racing

26 January 2020 1 comment

Back in Paris: Finn Russell helped Racing to a 27-0 cakewalk against Castres Second versus third. Fourth versus sixth. Ninth versus 10th. Eleventh versus 14th. […]

Drugs cheats outweigh salary cap fraudsters

26 January 2020 1 comment

COLIN BOAG Missing link man: Billy Vunipola is injured against Racing Cheat has been the word of the past few weeks, and it’s hard to […]

Overall, there is sadness at end of Saracens’ era

26 January 2020 0 comments

Magnificent: Maro Itoje scores as Saracens beat Racing with 14 men PICTURE: Getty Images THE Saracens salary cap story is a sad episode for a […]

Murphy calls for more bravery

26 January 2020 0 comments

GEORDAN Murphy bemoaned a slow Leicester start as his team were pipped at the post by Tom Homer’s second try, after he had opened the […]

PRL lynch mob make Sarries climb scaffold

26 January 2020 2 comments

HOW can a Premiership Rugby organisation which preaches the moral virtues of a level playing field in salary cap funding – with brutal punishment for […]

Nigel Wray issues apology to Saracens as Premiership releases report into salary cap breach

23 January 2020 0 comments

Nigel Wray speaks out to clarify co-investments with players revealed in finer detail by the Dyson report

LEAKED: How Saracens breached the salary cap

23 January 2020 0 comments

Saracens co-investments broken down across property, hospitality and image rights

Premiership Rugby finally break cover over Saracens farrago

22 January 2020 0 comments

Chief executive Darren Childs says Premiership Rugby acted to protect the integrity of the league

Cain column: Vindictive owners get their pound of flesh off Saracens

22 January 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain believes the punishment served to Saracens bears no relation to their crimes

Lyon offer an escape route to trio of Saracens superstars

21 January 2020 0 comments

What will this mean for their England careers?

Saracens have ‘tainted’ their success and should ‘repent’, says Bristol owner Lansdown

21 January 2020 0 comments

Bristol Bears owner Steve Lansdown lifts the lid on his displeasure at Saracens flouting salary cap rule

Saracens call crisis meeting with whole squad to outlay relegation threat for breaching salary cap

17 January 2020 0 comments

Saracens faced with serious threat of relegation to the Championship after failing to comply with salary cap again

Out-of-contract Alex Lozowski vows not to leave Saracens early

14 January 2020 0 comments

The Saracens centre has his contract up at the end of the season and believes the club are about to show how prestigious their academy is

Saracens salary cap judge says: PRL should lift cloak of privacy

14 January 2020 0 comments

“PRL will probably disagree strongly with my remarks” – Lord Dyson lifts the lid on his thoughts about the Saracens salary cap breach

Farrell got away with another cheap shot

12 January 2020 0 comments

It seems that Saracens just cannot keep out of the headlines for all the wrong reasons, no matter what they do. First the wage cap […]

We need details of salary cap breach

12 January 2020 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] AS ONE of a small group who manage […]

Do Sarries deserve a bigger budget?

12 January 2020 1 comment

I AM in full favour of the salary cap and I am no fan of Saracens (Gloucester born!). But is there an argument for Saracens […]

Rugby need to lance this Saracens boil now

12 January 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Support: Michael Fatialofa will need help to fully recover I can’t be the only person who is heartily sick of the Saracens salary […]

Saracens appoint new chairman with legal expertise

9 January 2020 0 comments

Premiership club appoint experienced lawyer as successor to Nigel Wray

Cain column: Wray leaving could see salary cap storm linger

9 January 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain shares his views on what the retirement of Nigel Wray as chairman means for Saracens

England World Cup star George Kruis set to exit Saracens

8 January 2020 0 comments

A big name departure could be on the cards for Saracens and the England lock department

The four players set to leave Saracens early as club seeks to balance up the books – reports

8 January 2020 0 comments

After the retirement of Nigel Wray, the reality of Saracens’ £5.36m fine for breaching the salary cap appears to be taking at toll

Salary cap storm cloud could hang all season

5 January 2020 0 comments

NICK CAIN NIGEL Wray’s decision to resign as Saracens chairman on Thursday was a clear signal that the salary cap fiasco engulfing the club – […]

Moaning Chiefs sound like sore losers

5 January 2020 0 comments

EXETER’S 14-7 win over Saracens last weekend was well-deserved thanks to a fierce defensive effort and their ability to take their chances more ruthlessly than […]

Questions remain if‘rental’ system is best way forward

5 January 2020 1 comment

IF ONL0Y things were as black and white as Colin Boag suggests, and making the unions of Tier One countries “primarily responsible for the amateur […]

Saracens chairman Nigel Wray retires citing need for ‘fresh start’

2 January 2020 0 comments

Nigel Wray has retired with immediate effect two months after Saracens were plunged into a salary cap scandal

Big worry that no English coach wants the top job

29 December 2019 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There are times when I think that nobody really cares or listens to the RFU and […]

Game could die if the roots continue to be neglected

29 December 2019 2 comments

FOLLOWING on from Colin Boag’s comments on the uneven playing field for Premiership sides when compared to the “richer” French clubs and the Irish sides […]

Unions should concentrate on amateur side of game

29 December 2019 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Last week’s Rugby Paper gave fuel to those who want to claim that the game is in rude health, and those who believe […]

Williams signs for Scarlets

22 December 2019 1 comment

WALES full-back Liam Williams is set to rejoin Scarlets from Saracens at the end of the season. The British Lions flyer left the Welsh region […]

Irish and French squad strengths defy belief

22 December 2019 0 comments

Views COLIN BOAG Galacticos: Leinster at Franklin’s Gardens had 453 caps between them What are we to make of the situation in the Heineken Champions […]

Cain column: PRL secrecy is an insult to club rugby fans

12 December 2019 0 comments

Nick Cain explains why the drip-drip of information issued by Premiership Rugby on Saracens’ salary cap breach is riling fans up

Purdy: I’d be lying if I didn’t say I want to play Premiership rugby again

11 December 2019 0 comments

Winger Henry Purdy was squeezed out by Gloucester due to their tight salary cap and now plays for Coventry after a stint in New Zealand

Purdy plots route back to top in Cov’s shop window

8 December 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY Fun factor: Henry Purdy playing for Otago COVENTRY winger Henry Purdy’s four-month spell in New Zealand rekindled his enthusiasm for rugby after […]

Piutau makes his Bears appealing on and off field

8 December 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY Expressing himself: Charles Piutau on the attack BRISTOL winger Charles Piutau says earning power was only part of the equation that persuaded […]

Letters

8 December 2019 1 comment

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] Can the relegated team go to appeal? AFTER […]

PRL secrecy is an insult to all club rugby fans

8 December 2019 1 comment

NICK CAIN IS Premiership Rugby fit for purpose? Is the governing body of the multi-million pound club game in England understaffed, overworked or just plain […]

Harrington column: Mourad Boudjellal ready to pack his bags at Toulon

1 December 2019 0 comments

Is one of rugby’s most eccentric owners set to leave the Top 14?

Resilient Saracens start their long climb

1 December 2019 0 comments

By TOM BRADSHAW THEY will remain in negative territory on the league ladder for some time, but Saracens delivered a barrel-load of positives on the […]

McCall feels for stayaway Wray

1 December 2019 1 comment

SARACENS’ owner Nigel Wray did not attend the match due to feeling “uncomfortable” travelling to away grounds in the wake of the club’s punishment for […]

Listen to Confucius, Tony, dump lawyers

1 December 2019 1 comment

Wise: Tony Rowe with Rob Baxter EXETER chairman Tony Rowe had the lawyers in earlier this week at Sandy Park and was reportedly informed that […]

Salary cap will take toll on Lam

1 December 2019 0 comments

THERE is no sounder rugby man than Pat Lam so it was interesting when he commented that staying within the salary cap was easy, that […]

I hope we made Nigel Wray proud says Jamie

24 November 2019 0 comments

ENGLAND hooker Jamie George, returning to action after the World Cup, said he hopes Saracens win over Ospreys made under-fire owner Nigel Wray proud after […]

Harmony? Eddie has put boys under a bus

24 November 2019 3 comments

CHRIS HEWETT England’s coaching staff do not always sing from the same hymn sheet. Sometimes, they struggle to preach the same religion. Brian Ashton hardly […]

End this secrecy over Saracens

24 November 2019 0 comments

NICK CAIN COMMENT Fallen giants: Ben Earl and his Saracens team mates can’t hide their disappointment during their heavy defeat against Racing 92 PICTURE: Getty […]