European champions Saracens deducted 35 Premiership points
An indepenent panel adjudicated that they had indeed contravened the salary cap -- which is set at £7 million a year.
English and European champions Saracens have been docked 35 points and fined over £5million ($6.5 million) for breaching the Premiership Rugby salary cap over several seasons, Premiership Rugby announced on Tuesday.
Saracens -- who provided nine of the England squad that reached last Saturday's Rugby World Cup final -- had been suject to a nine-month investigation.
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An indepenent panel adjudicated that they had indeed contravened the salary cap -- which is set at £7 million a year.
"The sanction that has been imposed on Saracens Rugby Club by the panel is: a total fine of £5,360,272.31 and a total deduction of 35 league points," read a statement from Premiership Rugby.