Saffery Champness alleged to have been auditor for Sale Saracens were fined £5.36m and relegated in 2020 Saracens are “considering 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 previous three seasons and were relegated to the Championship , but the punishment has come under fresh scrutiny with these new allegations. Saracens point to an allegation made about the accounting firm Saffery Champness and claims that the level of fine handed down was “largely based upon advice provided to PRL”. Continue reading...