On 1 November 2020 the new regulations came into effect. A further period of consultation was carried out by the Salary Cap Director to help in the drafting of the regulations. All of whom submitted written feedback to his consultation survey.įollowing the publication of the report- which you can read by clicking here – by Lord Myners in May 2020 it was announced that all 13 Premiership Rugby clubs supported the recommendations and had agreed to move to the next stage of developing these recommendations into detailed regulation.
The review by Lord Myners included a public consultation, which received over 450 responses, and held meetings with each and every Premiership Club, the RPA and the RFU. The purpose of the independently-led review was to strengthen further the regulations to ensure that they provide a world-leading system with extensive investigatory powers and appropriately robust sanctions.
This landmark decision – which you can read by clicking here – and the Panel’s strong endorsement of the salary cap presented the perfect springboard to undertake an extensive review of the salary cap regulations.Ĭlick here to read the 2022 result of a Salary Cap investigation into Leicester Tigers.Īt the end of 2019 Premiership Rugby announced that Lord Myners CBE would lead a comprehensive review of its salary cap. The fact that the salary cap was kept under continuous review by Premiership Rugby and the Clubs was a notable factor in the successful competition law defence. The Independent Panel, chaired by Lord Dyson, rejected the challenge and in setting out its conclusions, the Panel noted that the salary cap operates in a pro-competitive manner by promoting the system’s objectives. The salary cap was kept under continuous review each year but in 2019 the salary cap was subject to a challenge on competition law grounds to the validity of the Regulations.
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