A Sports Law Rugby Blog
Following the winding up of WRFC Players Limited on 5 October 2022, the RFU announced that Worcester Warriors (“Worcester”, the “Club”) would be suspended from the remainder of the 2022/23 Premiership Rugby season, and would then be relegated to the…
On Friday 12 February, the RFU Council approved a moratorium on relegation from rugby’s Premiership for the 2020-21 season. Citing the impact of COVID-19, the decision has been taken with the financial stability of the Premiership clubs in mind, with…
The Coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented crisis for sports administrators. My first article on the legal implications of the pandemic in rugby considered the wage cuts being imposed on players in the English Premiership and the question of whether…
Premiership Rugby has ordered an independent review of its Salary Cap Regulations (the “Regulations”). The review is being conducted by Lord Paul Myners, the former Financial Services Secretary who served under Gordon Brown’s Government. The “comprehensive review” aims to strengthen…
On Saturday 18th January 2020, Saracens were condemned to relegation from the English Premiership. Two days on, I can scarcely believe that I have just written that. In spite of the £5.36 million fine, the 35-point deduction and the difficulties…
Ben's Take: How about relegation every other year? In the first column of a new series, Ben Cisneros looks at the problems with promotion and relegation in the English Premiership and asks how we can change it.
