• Simon Orange urges more transparency over players’ contracts• Premiership Rugby ‘plans changes’ after Saracens fine
The Sale co-owner, Simon Orange, has insisted rugby union has to “sort itself out” financially in order to protect the sport’s long-term future and called for more transparency on players’ contracts in the wake of Saracens’ breach of the Premiership salary cap.
Orange, who led a consortium that took control of the Sharks in 2016 and has invested significant sums in the club, believes more must be done by the sport’s authorities to ensure clubs are protected if wealthy backers decide they want to withdraw their investment. “The game needs to sort itself out,” he said at a media day at the club’s Carrington training ground on Wednesday.