Small Town Values Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 2019/20 - Rugby Union: Tier 1 - Northern Hemisphere - Domestic League: *** ** * (2019/20 - Gallagher Premiership - Round 1 - Results / Week 1 - All Tries) https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallagher-premiership-rugby/fixtures-results/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Week 1 - All Tries) Spoiler Edited March 11, 2020 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - News) *** ** * (Australia) CHEIKA TO STAND DOWN AS WALLABIES COACH: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/520469 Quote Following 40-16 quarter-final defeat by England, Australia boss says he will walk away when five-year contract expires at end of 2019. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (France) Red-carded Sebastien Vahaamahina retires from international rugby: https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/rugby-world-cup/teams/france/redcarded-sebastien-vahaamahina-retires-from-international-rugby/news-story/0ac0cfb2828f230f291a2bf7d0fd0c42 Quote France lock Sebastien Vahaamahina announced his international retirement on Monday 24 hours after being sent off in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final defeat to Wales. Les Bleus led 19-10 when Vahaamahina was sent off in the 49th minute in Oita for elbowing Aaron Wainwright before his side lost after conceding a penalty goal and a late converted try in the final half an hour. difficult today even more so that I had planned this many months ago, that was my last match for France,” he said in a statement published on his 28th birthday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Japan) Japan’s Rugby World Cup exit breaks broadcast records once more: https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/japans-rugby-world-cup-exit-breaks-broadcast-records-once-more/ Quote Japan bowed out of its Rugby World Cup yesterday (Sunday) by setting yet more broadcast records, while New Zealand telco Spark said its under-fire service worked efficiently throughout quarter-final weekend. The Kyodo news agency, citing figures from ratings tracker Video Research, said public-service broadcaster NHK’s coverage of the host nation’s 26-3 defeat to South Africa pulled in an average share of 41.6 per cent in the Kanto greater Tokyo area, reaching a peak of 49.1 per cent. In the Kansai region, which includes Osaka and its surrounding area, the rating peaked at 47.9 per cent, while the average figure was 41.4 per cent. The average ratings in the Kanto region have steadily risen throughout the tournament as Japan surpassed expectations by advancing to the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time. The opening day win over Russia drew an average rating of 18.3 per cent, increasing again for the shock win over Ireland and hitting 32.8 per cent for the match against Samoa. Commercial terrestrial network Nippon TV attracted an average share of 39.2 per cent in the Kanto greater Tokyo area, and a record peak of 53.7 per cent, for the victory over Scotland in the final group stage game on October 13. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (General) Peyper stood down for semi-finals: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/10/22/rugby-world-cup-peyper-stand-down Quote Peyper sparked anger after posing for a photo with Wales fans in which he appeared to mimic the elbow that led to Sebastien Vahaamahina's quarter-final red card. The referee dismissed the French lock in Oita on Sunday after video replays showed him smashing his elbow into the face of Welsh flanker Aaron Wainwright early in the second half with France leading by nine points. Vahaamahina's shocking rush of blood changed the course of the game, letting Wales hit back to win 20-19 and book their place in the last four, where they will face South Africa. "World Rugby can confirm that the match officials selection committee did not consider Jaco Peyper for selection this weekend," rugby union's governing body said in a statement. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (General) MATCH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 SEMI-FINALS: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/522461 Quote Nigel Owens (Wales) will take charge of England versus New Zealand on Saturday (17:00 JST) with Romain Poite and Pascal Gaüzère (both France) as assistant referees and Marius Jonker (South Africa) as TMO. Jérôme Garcès (France) will referee Wales versus South Africa on Sunday (18:00 JST) with Wayne Barnes (England) and Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) as assistant referees and Ben Skeen (New Zealand) as TMO. Edited October 25, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) (2019 - RWC - QF - Results / Playoff Bracket & SF - Fixtures / QF - Stats & Match Reports / QF - Highlights) *** ** * (Match Day - 21) * ** *** (QF - Results) ########################### (ENG v. AUS / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/quarter-final-1 (NZL v. IRE / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/quarter-final-2 ########################### (ENG v. AUS / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/19/england-australia-rugby-world-cup-match-report (NZL v. IRE / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/19/new-zealand-ireland-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 22) * ** *** (QF - Results) ########################### (WAL v. FRA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/quarter-final-3 (JPN v. RSA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/quarter-final-4 ########################### (WAL v. FRA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/20/wales-france-rugby-world-cup-2019-quarter-final (JPN v. RSA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/20/rugby-world-cup-2019-quarter-final-japan-south-africa-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Playoff Bracket / SF - Fixtures) (UK Times Listed - Check Local Guides) ~~~ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/matches (AEST / JST - Times Listed - Check Local Guides) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (QF - Highlights) (Match Day - 21) ~ ENG v. AUS ~ ~ NZL v. IRE ~ (Match Day - 22) ~ WAL v. FRA ~ ~ JPN v. RSA ~ Edited October 22, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - News / Semi Final - Team Announcements) *** ** * (News) * ** *** (France) DISCIPLINARY UPDATE: SEBASTIEN VAHAAMAHINA (FRANCE): https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/523308 Quote France second-row Sébastien Vahaamahina received a red card for an act of foul play contrary to Law 9.12 (striking) in France’s Rugby World Cup 2019 quarter-final against Wales on 20 October. Vahaamahina admitted the act of foul play, that he had contacted his opponent’s head intentionally and accepted that it warranted a red card. The committee upheld the red card and considered this to be top-end offending. This resulted in a starting point of a 10-week suspension. Taking into account the mitigating factors that are considered in relation to sanction, including the player’s early and full acknowledgment of his conduct and prompt apology to his opponent, the committee reduced the 10-week entry point by four weeks, resulting in a sanction of six weeks. Vahaamahina will miss his next six matches with his club Clermont Auvergne. Therefore the player is free to play again on 16 December, 2019. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Wales) WALES BACK-ROW NAVIDI RULED OUT OF WORLD CUP WITH HAMSTRING INJURY: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/522401 Quote Wales number eight Josh Navidi, above, will miss the rest of Rugby World Cup 2019 after sustaining a grade two hamstring tear during the quarter-final win against France. Coach Warren Gatland confirmed the news at a press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Navidi, 28, has played in four of the team's five matches in Japan and was forced off by his injury after 27 minutes on Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Wales) Liam Williams: Wales full-back will miss rest of World Cup through injury: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/50171499 Quote Wales full-back Liam Williams has been ruled out for the rest of the World Cup after suffering an ankle injury in training. Williams will miss the semi-final against South Africa on Sunday and the final or bronze medal match the following weekend. Wales have not yet called up a replacement for Williams. Leigh Halfpenny starts against South Africa at full-back in place of Williams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cheslin Kolbe ruled out of World Cup semi-final for Springboks: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/50155867 Quote South Africa wing Cheslin Kolbe has been ruled out of Sunday's World Cup semi-final against Wales. Cheslin left the field late on in the quarter-final win against hosts Japan. The 23-year-old sat out training this week having also been ruled out of South Africa's game against Canada because of an ankle problem. Kolbe has been replaced by Sbu Nkosi. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SEMI FINALS: Team Announcements) *** ** * (SF #1) * ** *** (ENGLAND) ~ V ~ (NEW ZEALAND) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SF #2) *** ** * (WALES) ~ V ~ (SOUTH AFRICA) Edited October 30, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) 2019/20 - Rugby Union: Tier 1 - Northern Hemisphere - Domestic League: *** ** * (2019/20 - PRO14 - Round 4 - Results) https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/fixtures/ Edited October 30, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - News) *** ** * (News) * ** *** (General) JAPAN 2019 SURPASSES RUGBY WORLD CUP OFFICIAL FANZONE ATTENDANCE RECORD: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/527504 Quote World Rugby and the Japan 2019 Organising Committee have announced record official fanzone attendance figures with more than one million fans in attendance across Rugby World Cup 2019 as the tournament continues to smash records. Following Saturday’s semi-final between New Zealand and England, 1,024,000 people have now visited the 16 fanzones across the length and breadth of Japan, surpassing the one million set at Rugby World Cup 2015. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (General) RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 FINALS MEDALS CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/529987 Quote Following an incredible five weeks of Rugby World Cup action, and with the rugby world counting down to the final weekend of Rugby World Cup 2019, World Rugby and the Japan 2019 Organising Committee have revealed the designs for the gold, silver and bronze medals for this weekend’s bronze final and final. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (General) JÉRÔME GARCÈS TO REFEREE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 FINAL: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/530607 Quote World Rugby has announced that France's Jérôme Garcès will referee the Rugby World Cup 2019 final between England and South Africa at International Stadium Yokohama on 2 November. One of the world’s most experienced referees with 55 tests, Garcès will be the first Frenchman to take charge of a Rugby World Cup final, in what will be his 11th Rugby World Cup match. Garcès will be joined by Romain Poite (France) and Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) as assistant referees and Ben Skeen (New Zealand) as TMO. Edited October 30, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) 2019/20 - Rugby Union: Tier 1 - Northern Hemisphere - Domestic League: *** ** * (2019/20 - Gallagher Premiership - Round 2 - Results / Week 2 - All Tries) https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallagher-premiership-rugby/fixtures-results/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Week 2 - All Tries) Edited March 11, 2020 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) (2019 - RWC - SF - Results / Playoff Bracket - Bronze Playoff & Final - Fixtures / SF - Stats & Match Reports / SF - Highlights) *** ** * (Match Day - 23) * ** *** (SF - Results) ########################### (ENG v. NZL / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/semi-final-1 ########################### (ENG v. NZL / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/26/england-new-zealand-rugby-world-cup-semi-final-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 24) * ** *** (SF - Results) ########################### (WAL v. RSA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/semi-final-2 ########################### (WAL v. RSA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/27/wales-south-africa-rugby-world-cup-semi-final-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Playoff Bracket / Bronze Playoff & Final - Fixtures) (NZDT Time Listed - Check Local Guides) ~~~ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/matches (AEST / JST - Times Listed - Check Local Guides) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SF - Highlights) (Match Day - 23) ~ ENG v. NZL ~ (Match Day - 24) ~ WAL v. RSA ~ Edited October 30, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) (2019 - RWC - Bronze Playoff & Final - Results / Bronze Playoff & Final - Stats & Match Reports / Bronze Playoff & Final - Highlights) *** ** * (Match Day - 25) * ** *** (Bronze Playoff - Result) ########################### (NZL v. WAL / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/bronze-final ########################### (NZL v. WAL / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/01/new-zealand-wales-rugby-world-cup-bronze-final-report-all-blacks-hansen-gatland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 26 / Final Day) * ** *** (Final - Result) ########################### (ENG v. RSA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/final ########################### (ENG v. RSA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/02/england-south-africa-rugby-world-cup-final-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Bronze Playoff & Final - Highlights) ~ Bronze Playoff / NZL v. WAL ~ ~ Final / ENG v. RSA ~ (Extended Highlights - Currently Not Available) Edited November 7, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Post - Rugby World Cup News / Updated: World Rankings) *** ** * (News) * ** *** (South Africa) DOMINANT BOKS REPEL ENGLAND BEFORE FLYING WINGERS STRIKE TO SEAL WORLD TITLE NO.3: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/537409 Quote Favourites England are shut out as rock-solid Springboks start strongly and stay in control to lift the Webb Ellis Cup again, sparking celebrations all over South Africa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (South Africa) SPRINGBOKS ON TOP OF THE WORLD: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/539015 Quote Rugby World Cup 2019 champions South Africa move to the top of the World Rugby Men's Rankings for the first time in nearly 10 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (General) GAME-CHANGING RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 IS A RECORD-BREAKER: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/538379 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (New Zealand) The $10m man: SBW joins Wolfpack on most lucrative deal in either rugby code’s history: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/the-10m-man-sbw-joins-wolfpack-on-most-lucrative-deal-in-either-rugby-codes-history/news-story/f9c3abba400734b7f5361cbd56357aef Quote All Blacks megastar Sonny Bill Williams is switching sports yet again, with the two-time NRL champion joining the Toronto Wolfpack on the most lucrative deal in either rugby code’s history. Following on from New Zealand’s disappointing third place at the World Cup, Williams will reportedly pocket $5 million a season over two years with the English Super League club. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Updated: World Rugby - Rankings - Men's) (Top 25 / Full List in Link) https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru Edited November 8, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 2019/20 - Rugby Union: Tier 1 - Northern Hemisphere - Domestic League: *** ** * (2019/20 - PRO14 - Round 5 - Results) https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/fixtures/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) 2019/20 - Rugby Union: Tier 1 - Northern Hemisphere - Domestic League: *** ** * (2019/20 - Gallagher Premiership - Round 3 - Results / Week 3 - All Tries) https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallagher-premiership-rugby/fixtures-results/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Week 3 - All Tries) Edited March 11, 2020 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) (Rugby Union: News) *** ** * (2019 - World Rugby Awards - Winners) DU TOIT AND SCARRATT NAMED WORLD RUGBY PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2019: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/538564 Quote South Africa’s Pieter-Steph du Toit and England’s Emily Scarratt have been named World Rugby Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year 2019 in association with Mastercard at the World Rugby Awards in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~ (Winners) # World Rugby Men’s Player of the Year in association with Mastercard – Pieter-Steph du Toit (South Africa) # World Rugby Women’s Player of the Year in association with Mastercard – Emily Scarratt (England) # World Rugby Team of the Year – South Africa # World Rugby Coach of the Year – Rassie Erasmus (South Africa) # World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year in association with Tudor – Romain Ntamack (France) # World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year in association with HSBC – Jerry Tuwai (Fiji) # World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year in association with HSBC – Ruby Tui (New Zealand) # World Rugby Referee Award – Wayne Barnes (England) # Award for Character in association with Land Rover – The city of Kamaishi # Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service – Bernard Lapasset (France) # IRP Try of the Year – TJ Perenara (New Zealand, v Namibia) # IRP Special Merit Award – Jamie Heaslip (Ireland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2019 - World Rugby - Hall of Fame - Inductees) *** ** * Six legends to be inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame: https://www.world.rugby/news/448430?lang=en Quote World Rugby Hall of Fame 2019 inductees No.143 – Richie McCaw (New Zealand)No.144 – Shiggy Konno (Japan) No.145 – Os du Randt (South Africa) No.146 – Peter Fatialofa (Samoa)No.147 – Graham Henry (New Zealand) No.148 – Diego Ormaechea (Uruguay) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Gallagher Premiership Rugby) *** ** * Saracens docked 35 points and fined £5m for salary cap breach: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/05/saracens-docked-35-points-and-5m-fine-for-salary-cap-breach Quote ~ Independent panel found Saracens had breached salary cap ~ ### The Premiership champions, Saracens, have pledged to fight the imposition of a 35-point deduction and £5m fine after they were found to have breached salary cap regulations. Nigel Wray, the club’s chairman, described the sanction by Premiership Rugby as “absolutely devastating” after an independent panel upheld charges that the club exceeded the cap by more than £2m across the past three seasons. “We will appeal all the findings,” said Wray. “It has been acknowledged by the panel that we never deliberately sought to mislead anyone or breach the cap and that’s why it feels like the rug is being completely pulled out from under our feet.” However, there was support for the sanction from other Premiership clubs while Tony Rowe, chief executive of Exeter, who lost the Premiership title to Saracens in June, called for a more severe punishment. “They should be relegated,” Rowe said. “It just leaves a sour taste in the mouth when you go to Twickenham and we just didn’t quite have enough firepower, you know? And that’s because we didn’t break the salary cap and pack our squad full of international players.” Edited March 11, 2020 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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