Sarries to play in Cape Town!?

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Surely this is not a good move for Saracens, with a very strong S.A connection already this would only disenfranchise their domestic fan base?

Who would pay Biarritz's travel costs and what do Sarries season ticket holders think?

I would have thought that Cape Town has enough Rugby of their own without the need for ours.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/8653339/Saracens-likely-to-stage-Heineken-Cup-game-against-Biarritz-in-Cape-Town.html

HammerofThunor wrote:

Aren't the payouts tied to the number of English Qualified players in their squads? Don't see the problem with that.[/quote]

That was the RFU's original intention, but PRL changed it so every club got the same amout of money.

Wasn't that just for the EPS? I thought the ones based on the quota levels of English players weren't smoothed out?

The argument was that EPS payments would allow a small number of clubs to 'buy up' the best English players. That doesn't hold for the quota payments.