Premiership Rugby announces the base level of the salary cap for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 campaigns will remain at £7m. Things get a bit complicated if you get promoted though.

Furious Championship rugby clubs considering breakaway league This article is more than 3 months old. No. Premiership Rugby confirms Saracens will be relegated to the Championship this season after salary cap breaches.

Saracens, English rugby union champions, relegated for salary-cap violations Posted 19 Jan January 2020 England captain Owen Farrell (bottom right) is one of the stars for Saracens. The Rugby salary caps of each country ranked – here’s who has the most money to spend on players England’s top clubs have been warned that the soaring inflation in players’ salaries is no longer sustainable, with the Rugby Football Union predicting a significant downturn in funding to the Premiership because of the tough economic climate. More than half of top-tier English clubs are exploiting a Premiership Rugby loophole which allows them to potentially circumnavigate the salary-cap threshold, The Daily Telegraph understands.

You can't front load player contracts to pay them boatloads for their first year and then drop under the cap when you're promoted. So you'd have to be close to the salary cap if you're going to be eligible to go up. Sport > Rugby > Rugby Union > Club Rugby Saracens say it is in English rugby’s interests to resolve salary cap situation.