Gloucester statement on Salary Cap row

Following last week’s announcement by Premiership Rugby regarding the Salary Cap and in response to questions from partners, stakeholders and supporters, Gloucester has released the following statement.
“Gloucester Rugby are fully supportive of the Salary Cap and believe its existence and effectiveness is crucial to ensure a level playing field across the Aviva Premiership.
“It also reinforces the Aviva Premiership’s position as the most competitive league in the world whilst protecting the long-term financial wellbeing of clubs. The agreed levels of the salary cap going forward ensures that English clubs also have the ability to compete with Europe’s elite.
“As a club, we always try to operate with the highest integrity and we are fully committed to making the Salary Cap work and as such, in light of current questioning, would like to communicate that Gloucester Rugby is not one of the clubs to which Premiership Rugby referred within its statement as being involved in conversations relating to access to information and to commercial contracts where there were differences of opinion as to the inclusion or not in a salary cap.
“Gloucester Rugby will be making no further comment on the matter.”