The Saracens academy player who triggered the Ben Stokes captaincy crisis by throwing a punch at his England teammate Gus Atkinson has escaped without being disciplined. Totoa Auvaa, a 21-year-old Samoan back-row, will not face formal disciplinary action from Saracens or the Rugby Football Union.
Auvaa’s punch missed Atkinson and struck an England and Wales Cricket Board security guard, who required stitches, but opted not to report the matter to the police.
