Saracens face threat of automatic relegation in salary cap saga
(The Guardian Sports News)

Saracens must show they comply with cap within daysRFU: England players can be picked from ChampionshipPremiership club sources have confirmed that Saracens are `looking down the barrel` at the prospect of relegation to the Championship this year in the latest twist to the salary cap scandal that increasingly threatens to affect the English national team. It is understood Saracens have accepted they are still currently operating above the cap and demotion to the second tier for next season has emerged as the most probable outcome.The Premiership and European champions were originally fined £5.36m and docked 35 points last November after being found to have broken the league´s £7m salary cap for the previous three seasons, during which time they won the league twice. Originally it had been indicated that Saracens would be given until the end of the season to demonstrate they were not exceeding the cap for 2019-20 but they have now been asked by Premiership Rugby to show they are complying now. Continue reading...