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 virtually £310,000 in 2022 for breaches from 2016 to 2021.
An announcement by Premiership Rugby mentioned: “These funds relate to wage in the course of the Covid-19 interval, which had not been included within the membership’s certification for the 2019-20 wage cap yr.”
The assertion additionally mentioned: “Extra funds of £47,136.91 have been recognized regarding 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 laws, for this stage 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 government Andrea Pinchen mentioned: “As was the case in March 2022, this on no account pertains to any of the newest 4 seasons and we’re grateful to Premiership Rugby for the cooperative strategy in bringing this matter to a detailed.”
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.