• No-show comes after 35 points docked for salary cap breach • Chris Robshaw says ‘cheating’ had stained rugby’s image
Saracens face a £50,000 fine after failing to turn up for the launch of the European Champions Cup in Cardiff where, as holders, they would have had prime billing. The day after they were docked 35 points and fined £5m for breaching the Premiership’s salary-cap regulations, sympathy was in short supply, with the former
England captain Chris Robshaw saying the club had stained the sport’s image.
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