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Saracens’ salary cap penalty under scrutiny over conflict of interest claims

Saffery Champness alleged to have been auditor for Sale Saracens were fined £5.36m and relegated in 2020 Saracens will consider their position over an alleged undeclared conflict of interest at the centre of the disciplinary process into the 2019 salary cap scandal. The club were fined an unprecedented £5.36m for salary cap breaches over the

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Martin O’Neill claims VAR ‘debilitating’ for officials after Celtic fail with red card appeal

Auston Trusty sent off against Hibernian O’Neill: ‘In time we won’t need a referee’ Celtic’s manager Martin O’Neill has delivered a withering assessment of VAR in Scottish football after what he called the “ridiculous” dismissal of Auston Trusty during Sunday’s loss by Hibernian. Trusty’s red card and a failed Celtic appeal mean the centre-back will

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Steve Borthwick turns to 2003 World Cup heroes for Six Nations inspiration

Blow as scrum-half Alex Mitchell is ruled out of campaign Johnson, Dallaglio, Leonard and co to dine with players Steve Borthwick has turned to England’s 2003 World Cup winning heroes to arrest his side’s drastic decline after suffering another setback with the scrum-half Alex Mitchell ruled out for the rest of the Six Nations. Borthwick’s

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