Report stops short of saying club intentionally set up venturesPremiership Rugby branded leak as ‘unauthorised and reckless’Premiership Rugby tried to argue that Saracens deliberately underpaid the star
England forward Maro Itoje to get round the salary cap, the report into their breaches of the cap reveals.
The judgment from the panel chaired by Lord Dyson, which was published on Thursday after being leaked on Wednesday, stopped short of accusing Saracens’ of intentionally setting up joint ventures between the club’s owner, Nigel Wray, and leading players to breach the league’s salary cap over a three-season period.