Leicester Tigers have once more been fined for exceeding the Premiership Rugby wage cap.
The East Midlands membership have been handed a £47,000 overrun tax for going over the set restrict within the 2019-20 season.
Leicester have been fined nearly £310,000 in 2022 for breaches from 2016 to 2021.
A press release by Premiership Rugby stated: “These funds relate to wage throughout the Covid-19 interval, which had not been included within the membership’s certification for the 2019-20 wage cap yr.”
The assertion additionally stated: “Further funds of £47,136.91 have been recognized referring to the wage cap spend of Leicester Tigers within the 2019-20 wage cap yr.
“As introduced in March 2022, which was a separate matter, there was an over-spend by Leicester Tigers of £98,586.32.
“In accordance with the rules, for this degree of extra overrun, the membership is required to pay £1 for each £1 overspend, being £47,136.91. Leicester Tigers has paid the overrun tax in full.”
Leicester chief govt Andrea Pinchen stated: “As was the case in March 2022, this by no means pertains to any of the newest 4 seasons and we’re grateful to Premiership Rugby for the cooperative method in bringing this matter to an in depth.”
Saracens have been relegated in 2020 for wage cap breaches, however these sums dwarfed the Leicester figures, reaching as excessive as £1.1m for the 2016-17 marketing campaign.