Salary Cap Chaos Strikes Premiership

The issue of the salary cap in the Aviva Premiership has raised its head again with Saracens' Ed Griffiths calling for its total abolition, though the lack of support from other clubs has been conspicuous. Saracens chief executive Griffiths was forthright in his opinions last week that the 15-year old salary cap should be abolished for good at the Premiership shareholders meeting in February, saying: "We must release the handbrake and step on the accelerator. "It would be a pity if the world’s top players light up the World Cup on English soil and then leave to play club rugby in France. If th…