Stade Toulousain hit with reduced sanction on appeal
A small financial break for Stade Toulousain, but the bill is still a nasty one. After the club appealed the heavy punishment handed down at the start of July, the FFR appeal commission trimmed the verdict from the National Rugby League: the total financial penalty has been cut from 2.88 million euros to 2.725 million euros.
No sporting impact
That 155,000 euro reduction changes nothing about how serious this case is. Found guilty of salary cap breaches across two separate cases, the four-time defending French champions still face a record fine. The governing bodies did, however, confirm that there would be no points deduction or on-field disciplinary sanction to affect the Red and Blacks’ season.
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