Second fine for Tigers is case for concern
LEICESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 05: A general view of Welford Road ahead of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Leicester Tigers and Gloucester Rugby at Welford Road Stadium on January 05, 2019 in Leicester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
The recent announcement of a second salary cap infringement by Leicester indicates that the Premiership's policing of its own financial regulations remains desperately inadequate – despite the DCMS grilling of its chief executive, Simon Massie-Taylor, 18 months ago.
Whether PRL's salary cap director, Andrew Rogers, works solo, or has a team of investigators, discovering a £47,136 breach four years after it happened (2019-20) is snail-slow.
It is also deeply concerning, given that Leicester were fined £310,000 after being found guilty of an earlier breach (2016-20). It begs the question whether there are any other skeletons in the financial closet of a club which was in the vanguard of demanding that Saracens faced the draconian punishment of relegation and a £5m fine in 2019?
