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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Robert Kitson

Premiership clubs urged to abandon ‘naive’ plan to raise salary cap next year

Ben Youngs scores a try for Leicester against Newcastle.
Ben Youngs scores for Leicester against Newcastle. The Tigers chief executive, Andrea Pinchen, believes the Premiership salary cap should stay the same next year. Photograph: Will Matthews/PA

England’s leading rugby clubs have been warned not to bury their heads in the sand and urged to abandon the existing plan to raise the Premiership’s salary cap next year.

The cap is due to rise by £1.4m to £6.4m for the 2024-25 season but Leicester’s chief executive, Andrea Pinchen, believes it would be commercially “naive” if the clubs do not change their minds.

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