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As the Coronavirus crisis continues, the sports industry has emerged as one of those to be worst affected economically. With no way yet to play matches, clubs’ revenues are down, and many may be fighting for survival in the coming…
The Coronavirus pandemic has caused untold disruption across the world. People’s lives and livelihoods are being affected in unprecedented ways, and governments are taking drastic measures to control the spread of the disease. Against the background of the huge threat…
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…
This article is the fourth in a series of articles on the Saracens salary cap case and shall consider the ways in which Saracens might be able to become compliant with the Premiership Rugby Salary Cap Regulations (the “Regulations”), this…
This article was published in November 2019 - prior to the release of the independent disciplinary panel's written decision. For a full and up-to-date analysis of this case, please see my later article: PREMIERSHIP RUGBY V SARACENS: THE SALARY CAP…
The financial troubles of Yorkshire Carnegie are now well-known. The Championship side announced in April 2019 that it was to go part-time in order to save costs after its principal investor pulled out, but it was revealed in June that…
When Israel Folau made his now-infamously homophobic social media posts, few could have expected that we would end up here. Indeed, few expected Rugby Australia to do more than hand him a fine and perhaps a suspension. Yet, here we…
The past week might just have been the worst week of rugby news in history. Not ‘the worst’ because it has been dull – far from it – ‘the worst’ in the sense that almost all the news has been…
This article was originally published in The Rugby Magazine a new media platform bringing rugby to life; stories, history, analysis and the most comprehensive fantasy rugby game available. "Fans want to see meaningful games; they don’t want to see fatigued…
