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henry33tan · 3 years

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Leeds Piano Competition 2021, and a look back!

I remember Leeds 1972 when my classmate from High School, Murray Perahia entered and prevailed as the First Place winner. “Murray” as he was known at the NYC HS of Performing Arts-“P.A.” (aka the FAME school) was rightly recognized as a teen phenom! I, for one, would gather with other piano majors, around an old, rather beat up grand where Murray was rehearsing a Mendelssohn Piano Trio with violinist, Diana Halperin (another big talent) and cellist, Marsha Heller. Naturally, the music-making was divine, as Perahia drew listeners into his singing tone, phrase-loving cosmos. (This was after school hours in a musty practice room.)

Even when P.A. orchestra conductor, Julius Grossman asked Murray to play the figured bass of a Corelli Concerto Grosso, ears became pinned to what the young student drew out of the piano that pulled members of the ensemble into collaborative harmony.

Who cannot forget Murray at the podium for a Conducting exam waving his fluid baton in an impassioned late Haydn Symphony reading. (As a Second Violin section member, I felt a surge of excitement that rose to new heights and dwarfed past rehearsals under our regular music director!)

Perahia, as would be expected, took Leeds by storm 8 years later at the urging of his mentor Mieczysław Horszowski. The 25 year old pianist from the Bronx, had largely been playing Chamber music at Marlboro and well beyond, partnering with Rudolf Serkin, Casals, and the Budapest String Quartet (a natural route for him), until he was jettisoned into the solo spotlight by his Leeds victory!

Fast forward to Leeds 2021 where so many competitions now abound in a crush for attention. Pianists from all over the over the world amass first, second, and third place medals, wondering how many they can collect before they solidify a career.

It’s a rat race to the top that’s often beyond reach since there’s always another contest on the horizon that trumps the last! (Given this testy, high-wire, environment, one worries about competition fatigue or burnout!) For pure relief, players hypnotize themselves into a non-competitive bubble, allowing the music to envelop them from start to finish without nerves eating them up alive!

For Leeds 2021 entrants, there’s a demanding Contemporary composition performance requirement that’s layered in with Solo piano repertoire and Chamber Music specifications. Here’s the list of Contemporary works to choose from.

Pierre Boulez1st Sonata10′Luciano BerioSequenza11′Brett DeanHommage a Brahms3 pieces – 8’György LigetiSelection of Etudesup to approx. 10’György KurtágSelection of Játékokup to approx. 10’Thomas LarcherNoodivihik10′Thomas AdesThree Mazurkas9′George Benjamin

Mandatory Chamber Music performances draw on defined works by Dvorak, Brahms, Beethoven among others.

This year, during the Semi-Final round I heard cello and violin sonatas, along with a well known Dvorak Quintet and Brahms Piano Quartet, etc.

Murray Perahia in this posted video for Leeds (as one of its patrons) emphasizes how the Chamber Music component is so intrinsic to the competition and a valued feature.

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Were he, however to choose from the list of contemporary SOLO works at the 2021 Leeds website, his enthusiasm might wane.

In media interviews over decades, Perahia often referred to his career-embracing “Classical programming” of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. He resisted critics such as New York Times Arts Editor, Anthony Tommasini who faulted him for omitting serial-based, atonal repertoire on his programs. (See my embedded blog about this repertoire issue that resonates into the present as Competitions insist on Contemporary music exposure.)

When a NY Times music critic and reader clash over a piano recital

Murray responded to his detractor that he “did not understand” many of the Contemporary works urged upon him, though perhaps he might feel differently at this juncture of his life. (Somehow Leeds 2021 officials overlooked Perahia’s recorded comments about the “classically-based” repertoire that he underscored as being a pivotal dimension of Leeds.) Oops! Did anyone check the total footage before it was amplified at the Competition’s website?

About the Leeds 2021 Jury. There are NINE members of which 4 are Pianists! (and only two women!)

Dame Imogen Cooper (UK) Chair of the Jury. (Pianist)

Adam Gatehouse (UK) Artistic Director / Juror. (Conductor)

Inon Barnatan (Israel/ USA) Juror. (Pianist)

Adrian Brendel (UK) Juror. (Cellist)

Silke Avenhaus (Germany) Juror. (Pianist/Chamber Musician/Arranger)

Gaetan Le Divelec (France) Juror. (Oboist)

Ryan Wigglesworth (UK) Juror. (Composer/Conductor)

Ludovic Morlot (France/ USA) Juror. (Conductor)

Steven Osborne (UK) Juror (Pianist)

By contrast the 1972 Leeds Competition had 11 judges, Chaired by the late Fanny Waterman, pianist. From having watched the 1972 Leeds Documentary on You Tube, I ingested the sagacious words of jurors, Ingrid Haebler, Raymond Leppard, Nikita Magaloff, and Waterman. Notice the appearance on the panel of Nadia Boulanger as well. (There were 4 women on the Jury.)

In 1972, when female pianist contenders including Uchida, obtained considerable recognition–though not passing into the Finals where 3 males prevailed, 2021 LEEDS eliminated NOTABLY gifted Semi-Finalists, Elizaveta Kliuchereva–Russia, age 22 and Yuzhang Li–China, age 22 from the Finals leaving FIVE MALES in the culminating Concerto round. These choices revealed a glaring gender disparity!

To make matters worse, Leeds instituted an Audience Favorite limitation, allowing only a voting selection among the FIVE FINALISTS. (This is highly unusual. Most respected Competitions give an option to pick from ALL entrants through a progression of Rounds) Such tight Leeds imposed control is likewise manifest in the Concerto portion of the Finals where Jurors select two piano Concertos for each player, barring contenders any autonomy. One might question the way these pairs of concertos of different length are assigned. Officials justify it as an attempt to adjudge what each entrant needs to play in order to further expand the jurors’ understanding of individual abilities. (This is atypical in the competitive arena.)

Leeds principles also assert in the main, that they want to avoid redundant performances of the same concerto in their assignments, though repetition of repertoire including concerti is par for the course at renowned Competitions such as the Tchaikovsky, Van Cliburn, and Chopin (in Poland) among others.

Leeds 2021 definitely has a different face this year that’s caused a bit of an uproar among its followers around the world. Surely, it should respond in accordance with public opinion and make appropriate adjustments. In the meantime, some ardent piano lovers who tuned into 2021 Leeds from day one, are bidding it farewell until there’s more gender equality and an opportunity to voice their choice of a FAVORITE pianist without restriction.

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LEEDS 2021, Competition Website

https://leedspiano.medici.tv/en/about/the-leeds/

from Arioso7's Blog (Shirley Kirsten) https://arioso7.wordpress.com/2021/09/16/leeds-piano-competition-2021-and-a-look-back/

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sonateharder · 3 years

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joalhe1997-blog · 7 years

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It’s a slow process...

Into March we go - 20/270 before today’s (or yesterday’s given I’m writing this after midnight) excursion and I’m starting to doubt that I will complete this… Always much harder when you don’t actually live in London to be fair!

I made sure that I got into London early enough to give myself a bit of time to discover more stations. After getting a cup of coffee from Marylebone, I decided to meander down Marylebone Road and eventually after passing Baker Street and Regent’s Park, reached Great Portland Street (21/270).

I do rather like the old station platforms with the bricks.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t really pay attention to which line I got from there, I think it was the Metropolitan. This then took me one stop along to Euston Square (22/270).

I then made the very short walk from there to Warren Street (23/270).

I then took the Victoria line one stop along to Oxford Circus (24/270).

This was a station I was expecting to do much earlier but never got round to.

I got out and walked east down Oxford Street, where suddenly I realised that caffeine and I aren’t as friendly as we used to be. I had to pull into a well known burger franchise and although I was planning to eat anyway, had to pay for food before I could use their facilities…

A few minutes later, I left and headed right over the road to Tottenham Court Road (25/270).

I thought I had more time than I actually did so at that point made a little detour on the Central line towards Bank, hoping that by switching between there and Monument, I might encounter a ticket barrier, having never used the link before (very much out of hope than being expectant). Alas I was wrong and so, in a bit of a panic, headed back on the District line from Monument to Embankment and lazily (well, more because I have a better idea of where I’m going from there and thought I’d probably encounter fewer street crossings) got the Bakerloo line back up to Charing Cross where I disembarked.

I was back at the London Coliseum for the English National Opera’s performance of The Winter’s Tale - a world premiere of a piece by Ryan Wigglesworth. It was enjoyable but probably not one I’d hurry back to see.

Homeward bound and with my tally now up to 25/270, I’m still yet to hit the 10% mark at 9.26%, but I am close. I think I’ve decided that at a minimum I’d like to complete Zone 1 (so far 19/63 - 30.16%) by the end of the year. Although I also am aware that I have completed 9/15 - 60% of the Victoria line. Until a week or so, ciao!

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Leinster 10-20 Saracens PLAYER RATINGS: Monumental Billy Vunipola provided the big moment

Saracens were crowned European champions for the third time in four years on Saturday, when they went from 10-0 to the last came to beat annual winners Leinster 20-10 in a blood-curdling final.

The Irish side, who beat Saracens in the quarterfinals last year and was looking for record fifth triumph, first found their rhythm and Tadhg Furlong tried to set them 10-0, only for Saracens to force Sean Maitland tries to make it 10-10 during the break.

Both sides fiercely defended in a brutal third quarter, but Saracens used a yellow card for Scott Fardy as another penalty from Owen Farrell and a try from Billy Vunipola behind the back of a scrum made it 20- 10 for the London side

Sportsmail's Adam Hathaway judged the players. ]

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15. Rob Kearney – tried a half in the first half save the intervention. 7/10

14. Jordan Lamour – Sometimes a threat and kept Sean Maitland occupied early but drifted away. 6/10

13. Garry Ringrose – Not his best day at the office, bad decisions made.

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12. Robbie Henshaw – Great fight with Brad Barritt in midfield who even ended honored. 6/10

11. James Lowe – had a decent first half chance but was kept quite quiet by Saracens. 5/10

10. Johnny Sexton (capt) – Defiant until the end, the big half of the flight just didn't have enough around him. 7/10

9. Luke McGrath – Bad kick in the run-up to the opening of the Saracens but stayed with his task. 6/10

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1. Cian Healy – Had a difficult time against Titi Lamositele and then Vincent Koch, but persisted. 6/10

2. Sean Cronin – Top class whore had a top class fight with Jamie George for 51 minutes. 6/10

3. Tadhg Furlong – The expected battle with Mako Vunipola did not last long, but scored the first time. 6/10

4. Devin Toner – Good in line as usual but not seen enough with the ball in hand. 5/10

5. James Ryan – Had a great introduction to the best rugby course, but was not prominent here. 5/10

6. Scott Fardy – Second yellow yellow card for the Australian when Leinster was under the pump. 4/10

7. Sean O & # 39; Brien – Big carrier for Leinster, got a nasty blow but went ahead and lasted 62 minutes. 6/10

8. Jack Conan – overshadowed by Billy Vunipola and could not step on the front foot. [10]

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Alex Goode – apparently not good enough for England. Well, it should be another big game after another. 7/10

14. Liam Williams – & # 39; The Bomb Defuser & # 39; has its share of problem solving and imperative in the air once again. 7/10

13. Alex Lozowski – Not the biggest player, but a big batter and I said it here. Can also play rugby. 9/10

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10. Owen Farrell – Brilliant pass for Maitland score, defensively heavy as usual and kicked his goals. Standard. 8/10

9. Ben Spencer – A few rope-like kicks but good enough with a ball in hand for 53 minutes.

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1 to the sin box for a technical offense 1. Mako Vunipola – Comfortable against Furlong in the scrum but finished with a hamstring injury after 30 minutes 6/10

2. Jamie George – Expected and worn the nuts and bolts of a modern hooker 7/10

3. Titi Lamositele – Another early front row casual for Saracens that takes half an hour for ankle problems 5/10

4. Will Skelton – Great Australian in the shape of his life and driven deep in defense of Leinster. 7/10

5. George Cross – Not the rock star of the Saracens, but a vital part as he proved again. 7/10

6. Maro Itoje – The first half of the yellow card extinguishes his writing book but annoys the rest of the game. 7/10

7. Jackson Wray – Ridiculous has never been viewed by Eddie Jones & # 39; England. Another great change. 7/10

8. Billy Vunipola – A monumental display of the great man capped by his score of 67 minutes that broke Leinster. 9/10

Replacements used: JRichard Barrington 7, Vincent Koch 7, Nick Isiekwe 6, Schalk Burger 6, Richard Wigglesworth 7

Not used: Joe Gray, Nick Tompkins, David Strettle

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European Rugby Champions Cup: Glasgow Warriors v Saracens

Callum Gibbins and Ryan Wilson are Glasgow’s co-captains

Heineken Champions Cup, Pool 3 Venue: Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Date: Sunday, 14 October Kick-off: 15:15 BST Protection: Dwell commentary on BBC Radio Scotland, rating updates on BBC Radio 5 reside, and reside textual content commentary on the BBC Sport web site

Adam Hastings has been chosen at fly-half forward of the extra skilled Peter Horne as Glasgow Warriors host Saracens within the Heineken Champions Cup.

Co-captains Ryan Wilson and Callum Gibbins return to the back-row as Warriors begin their marketing campaign towards the English champions at Scotstoun.

Saracens additionally convey again their captain, Brad Barritt, the centre recovering from surgical procedure on a facial damage.

Warriors prime their Professional14 convention, whereas Saracens are unbeaten in England.

Membership-record try-scorer DTH van der Merwe is restored to the wing for Warriors and Ruaridh Jackson begins at full-back within the absence of injured Stuart Hogg.

Lions wing Tommy Seymour is just not within the squad on account of private causes.

Rob Harley is called at lock, whereas D’Arcy Rae begins at tight-head prop and new signing Petrus du Plessis may make his Glasgow debut off the bench towards his former membership.

Former Warriors wing Sean Maitland begins for the English champions.

Barritt, Maro Itoje, Vincent Koch and Richard Wigglesworth all return to the line-up.

Tight-head prop Koch is again from Rugby Championship obligation with South Africa.

Mark McCall’s Sarries are joint leaders of the Premiership, are two-time European champions and had been eradicated on the quarter-final stage final 12 months by eventual winners Leinster.

Groups

Glasgow Warriors: Jackson; L Jones, H Jones, Dunbar, Van der Merwe; Hastings, Worth; Kebble, Brown, Rae, Harley, Grey, Wilson (co-capt), Gibbins (co-capt), M Fagerson.

Replacements: Turner, Allan, Du Plessis, Peterson, Fusaro, G Horne, P Horne, Hughes.

Saracens: Goode; Strettle, Lozowski, Barritt (capt), Maitland; Farrell, Wigglesworth; M Vunipola, George, Koch, Skelton, Kruis, Itoje, Rhodes, B Vunipola.

Replacements: Tolofua, Barrington, Lamositele, Isiekwe, Wray, Spencer, Tompkins, Williams.

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newssplashy · 6 years

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Entertainment: Britain's musical soul, all aflutter

(Critic’s Notebook)

MANCHESTER, England — It was coming to the end of the first act of “Siegfried.” The hero was hammering out his sword.

The Hallé Orchestra was ratcheting its way through the cranking theme Wagner fashioned for the forging of the blade. The sound was deep, detailed, an actor in its own right.

On the podium, Mark Elder gave a satisfied smile.

In a pair of semi-staged performances this month at the Bridgewater Hall here, the Hallé, in radiant, commanding form, completed Wagner’s “Ring,” nine years after it began. A “Ring” is an achievement for any orchestra, but for the Hallé and its audience, it had a special meaning.

“Siegfried,” which the orchestra will encore at the Edinburgh Festival on Aug. 8, signified the Hallé's recovery: a slow, steady rebuilding in the two decades since it faced mortal financial peril. Long occupying a cherished place in its country’s musical psyche, with an unusually well-defined identity based in British music, it is the kind of orchestra everyone roots for.

It has become, once again, an ensemble with both a claim to international quality and a sense of national purpose — an orchestra vital to the north of England, which it considers its domain.

I can testify to that local mission. In Nottingham, where I grew up, the Hallé was the bright light in a barren musical landscape. It was the first orchestra I heard live as a child; the first to make me cry; the first to put me to sleep; the first to give me that shiver up my spine that I have chased ever since. The Hallé convinced me of the value of a musical life.

It convinced me of Wagner’s value, too, and this “Siegfried” confirmed it gives inspired performances of his work. When it eventually joins the live recordings of the other “Ring” operas on the Hallé's own label, “Siegfried” will crown a set marked by unruffled patience, a rare commitment to details, precision of color, delicacy and grandeur in the same notes.

The “Götterdämmerung” is electric; the “Die Walküre,” which I heard live in 2011, is bathed in tragedy, rather than fired by ardor; the “Das Rheingold,” released this month, is careful, darkly intense. The “Siegfried” will have the best playing and singing of the lot (except for a tentative, thin performance of the title role by Simon O’Neill).

It is all exalted music drama. Barring Daniel Barenboim’s accounts from the Bayreuth Festival, there is no “Ring” from the last 40 years that I would rather hear.

Why would a symphony orchestra, let alone one with a budget of only 10 million pounds ($13.5 million), take on a task that most opera houses fear? For some, a “Ring” is a vanity project. Here, though, Wagner has been integrated into a repertory consciously designed to develop the ensemble. Individual acts came first, then full operas, including a ravishing “Parsifal” at the BBC Proms in 2013.

“Opera in its very nature is basically valuable to all musicians for at least two reasons,” Elder, the music director, said in an interview after a rehearsal. “How music must breathe, because singers have to breathe; and how music can express the psychology of character. In the normal repertoire, most symphony orchestras never get to either of those things.”

“When you do Wagner’s major works, you’re landing yourself with yet another challenge, and that is what I call large-scale chamber music,” added Elder, an acclaimed music director of the English National Opera between 1979 and 1993 and a perpetual candidate to inherit the Royal Opera House. “If it sounds well, it’s because everybody is beginning to be aware of how their part relates to all the others.”

Despite the attraction of a new concert hall, which helped lead Manchester’s revitalization after an Irish Republican Army bombing destroyed parts of the town center in 1996, the Hallé was mired in financial uncertainty when Elder was appointed in 1999.

The board blamed the ambitions and conducting fees of his predecessor, Kent Nagano, who had increased the orchestra’s international reputation, leading it at the Salzburg Festival as the pit band for Messiaen’s immense “Saint François d’Assise.” But, having charged Nagano with that mission, the board tolerated mismanagement and could not curtail ruinous debts.

“The organization nearly didn’t exist,” Elder said. Consultants declared it practically bankrupt. Nearly a fifth of the orchestra, and a third of the staff, was laid off. Morale plummeted.

Deep crises, however, can produce stability if they force an orchestra to stop muddling along. John Summers, the orchestra’s chief executive, who joined the same time as Elder, used emergency state funding to stabilize the finances — though Britain’s austerity has since delivered savage cuts in public subsidy for the arts, so the orchestra still runs deficits.

About 60 percent of the orchestra has been hired since 2000, and it has created its own youth orchestra — conducted by Elder’s American assistant, Jonathon Heyward — and choirs. Most of the Hallé's players take part in its education program, which has unusually strong links with local school authorities, at a time when funding for music education is limited.

Often called the country’s oldest orchestra, the Hallé and its choir were established in 1858 by a German pianist and conductor, Charles Hallé. By 1899, the orchestra had become prominent enough to lure Hans Richter — the conductor of Bayreuth’s first “Ring” — from the Vienna Court Opera. After nearly collapsing during World War II, the ensemble was resurrected by John Barbirolli, who used it as an escape from an unhappy spell at the New York Philharmonic in 1943. An inspirational figure, Barbirolli led the Hallé until his death in 1970.

The Hallé became especially associated with British music, particularly through Barbirolli’s recordings of Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Delius. Elder has cemented its position as the guardian of British tradition, not through an unthinking celebration of the past, but a rethinking of its relevance.

“I’m trying to define our musical soul,” he said. That commitment that has only strengthened in a fraught political moment. Elder, who was knighted in 2008, said he has tried to make the Hallé “the best orchestra in the world for playing the music of our country.”

So it is. Unlike so many recordings of English works from earlier generations of conductor-knights, with their whiff of patrician amateurism, Elder’s are distinguished by their preparation and refinement. They are enough to banish any clichéd thought of what the modernist composer Elisabeth Lutyens memorably called “cowpat music.”

There is still a green thread of pastoralism, with Delius, Butterworth and Bax all represented, and Elder seems most comfortable in that idiom. A continuing cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies, for example, is more effective in the lush Fifth and the elegiac “A Pastoral Symphony” than in the violence of the Fourth and Sixth.

Given that the Hallé gave the premiere of Elgar’s First Symphony in 1908, it is no surprise that his music dominates. His symphonies, recorded early in Elder’s tenure, would be improved on now, on the evidence of recent performances I have heard. But each of the three titanic oratorios — “The Dream of Gerontius,” “The Apostles” and especially “The Kingdom” — is the stuff of dreams.

Elder’s adoration is not blind. “I believe very strongly that I have to search out really carefully which of the pieces I really want to do, so that I can say why,” he said. “You can’t just do all British music. You have to give it personality. I talk to the orchestra a lot about what it is that makes Elgar and Vaughan Williams and Bax separate sound worlds, so they know what we’re trying to achieve.”

“It’s to do with the balance of the orchestra,” Elder said. Even without underlining Elgar’s Wagnerian ties to the Austro-Germanic tradition, one still needs “a great warmth in the strings, and the brass as in Wagner, supporting, very rarely overwhelming.”

More important is to “spend time in the shadows of the music,” he added, to find “the 50 shades of gray in between the black and the white. That’s the reason to do Elgar, because we all know the brio, the pomp and circumstance — call it what you like.”

Vaughan Williams, who studied with Ravel, poses different challenges. “Gone is the warm richness of the German bass counterpoint,” Elder said. “You need something leaner, something that is balanced acutely for the colors, and the spacing of the music.”

On the NMC label, the Hallé has contributed new additions to the British tradition, including music by Harrison Birtwistle, John Casken, Tarik O’Regan, Helen Grime, Simon Holt and Ryan Wigglesworth, who has served as the orchestra’s principal guest conductor.

“The creative energy in a country is part of defining what the country is,” said Elder, whose contract runs until 2020. (He will most likely stay beyond that, until a successor is in place). “A country without a rich, supported, appreciated, followed cultural energy is a very sad country.”

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

source https://www.newssplashy.com/2018/06/entertainment-britains-musical-soul-all.html

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Italia, a rematar en Marsella a una Francia que se desangra

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Tras el primer parón del 6 Naciones, llega la tercera jornada con partidos de lo más interesante. Un duelo por todo lo bajo se disputa este viernes (21:00 horas) entre Francia e Italia en el Vélodrome de Marsella (siendo la primera vez que el Gallo disputa un choque lejos de París). El que pierda tendrá muchas papeletas de llevarse la Cuchara de Madera y toda la presión será para el combinado de Brunel, que ha cambiado medio plantel tras la polémica salida nocturna de Edimburgo que acabó con interrogatorios policiales, excusas absurdas y medio equipo expulsado para esta tercera jornada, incluido su ‘tryman’ Teddy Thomas. Bastareaud es la gran novedad gala.

Francia: Poirot, Guirado, Slimani, Gabrillagues, Vahaamahina, Lauret, Camara, Tauleigne, Machenaud, Beauxis, Grosso, Doumayrou, Bastareaud, Fall y Bonneval (Pelissie, Priso, Gomes Sa, Taofifenua, Galletier, Couilloud, Trinh Duc y Fickou)

Italia: Lovotti, Ghiraldini, Ferrari, Zanni, Budd, Negri, Mbanda, Parisse, Violi, Allan, Bellini, Castello, Boni, Benvenuti y Minozzi (Bibi, Quaglio, Pasquali, Biagi, Ruzza, Gori, Canna y Hayward)

Irlanda-Gales (sábado, 15:15)

El Irlanda-Gales será el segundo choque (sábado, 15:15 horas) de la jornada. En los últimos choques, los duelos entre el Trébol y el Dragón siempre fueron los más atractivos del torneo y se espera que no sea una excepción. Joe Schmidt espera que el Aviva Stadium dublinés le arrope para mantener su candidatura al título pese a las bajas de Furlong y Henshaw, que suplirá con Porter y el inexperto Chris Farrell. Ryan-Toner formarán en la segunda y vuelve CJ Stander al Número 8. En Gales, Gatland vuelve a sus orígenes para pelear por las pocas opciones que aún le quedan de ser campeón. Biggar tomará el control como apertura, Halfpenny estará en el zaguero y Liam Williams debuta en esta edición como ala.

Irlanda: Healy, Best, Porter, Ja. Ryan, Toner, O’Mahony, Leavy, Stander, Murray, Sexton, Stockdale, Aki, C. Farrell, Earls y R. Kearney (S. Cronin, J. McGrath, Jo. Ryan, Roux, Conan, Marmion, Carbery y McFadden)

Gales: R. Evans, Owens, Lee, Hill, A. W. Jones, Shingler, Navidi, Moriarty, G. Davies, Biggar, S. Evans, Parkes, S. Williams, L. Williams y Halfpenny (Dee, W. Jones, Francis, B. Davies, Tipuric, A. Davies, Anscombe y North)

Escocia-Inglaterra (17:45)

Cierra la jornada la Calcutta Cup, el tradicional duelo entre Escocia e Inglaterra. Esta vez será en Murrayfield (sábado, 17:45 horas), donde levantar este trofeo es una cuestión de Estado. Townsend mantiene el mismo XV con el que derrotó a Francia, aunque en el banquillo se refuerza con el primera línea WP Nel. Le hará falta para intentar frenar en melé a la poderosa Inglaterra. Eddie Jones tiene de vuelta al ‘Ball-carrier’ Hughes, principal alternativa al lesionado Billy Vunipola. El resto del equipo será el mismo del triunfo ante Gales en Twickenham. Marler, cumplida su sanción, estará en el banquillo.

Escocia: Reid, McInally, Berghan, Gilchrist, Gray, Barclay, Watson, Wilson, Laidlaw, Russell, Maitland, Horne, H. Jones, Seymour y Hogg (Lawson, Bhatti, WP Nel, Swinson, Denton, Price, Grigg y Kinghorn)

Inglaterra: M. Vunipola, Hartley, Cole, Launchbury, Itoje, Lawes, Robshaw, Hughes, Care, Ford, May, Farrell, Joseph, Watson y Brown (George, Marler, Williams, Kruis, Underhill, Wigglesworth, Te’o y Nowell).

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British & Irish Lions face major injury doubt as star forced to see specialist

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Conor Murray has impressed for Ireland but may miss out on the Lions tour

Coach Warren Gatland named Murray as one of three British & Irish Lions scrum-halves on Wednesday alongside Ben Youngs and Rhys Webb but he could now be forced to look for a replacement.

The Ireland No 9 is not in the squad for Munster's European Champions Cup semi-final tomorrow (3.15pm) and former Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan believes it could be very serious indeed.

"All the news coming out of Munster is that not alone is he a worry for the remainder of the season, but he’s a worry for the Lions," O'Sullivan told Irish station RTE Radio.

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"It’s a nerve issue, which can be very temperamental in terms of healing."

Murray injured his shoulder during the Six Nations and missed the final game against England.

And Gatland has already warned that Murray, who has been to see a neurologist about the persistent nerve pain, is a worry.

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“It is a concern,” Gatland said.

“He’s got a nerve issue. I spoke to the doctor yesterday.

"He was hoping to be fit this week. He had a setback a couple of weeks ago."

If the 27-year-old is not able to travel to New Zealand, it would represent a significant blow with Murray a contender to form an all-Ireland half-back combination with Johnny Sexton.

However, it would open the door for Danny Care, Richard Wigglesworth or even Greig Laidlaw, who is back in full training after picking up an ankle injury during the Six Nations.

Murray will be watching from the stands as Munster try to reach the European Champions Cup final tomorrow but plenty of Lions will be on show.

And O'Sullivan believes some of those who missed out will be planning on putting themselves to the top of the reserve list.

"Donnacha Ryan will be going toe-to-toe with a couple of the Saracens forwards who got selected," O'Sullivan added.

"He’ll be trying to send a message to Warren Gatland that if anything happens to those guys, he’ll be the next guy up."

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Ignore calls to protect the elite, relegation from Premiership rugby keeps everyone honest

The timing of Newcastle's demise is particularly sad – with the club's relegation from the Gallagher Premiership confirmed just a week before the city stages two European finals at St James 'Park.

There was no shortage of defense and class from Dean Richards' team as they fell to defeat against Gloucester at Kingsholm, but they just couldn't engineer a miraculous escape.

Soon after their fate was sealed, there was further defiance and class from the Falcons, with a prompt statement of intent to bounce straight back from the Championship and continue all their sterling work to develop and nurture the sport in the North East.

Newcastle Falcons were relegated from the Gallagher Premiership after defeat by Gloucester

It is right to sympathize with a fine institution and many fine people within it, but this is not an occasion to lament the system of promotion and relegation. Far from it. It's a time to celebrate how the system promotes the essential sporting honesty and integrity of the league.

Newcastle's duty, especially given their strategic value in the English game, has led to renewed calls for the Premiership to be ring -fenced. Those calls should be ignored. Such a move would have implications at the top of the table, as well as at the bottom.

As a perfect example of this, Worcester went to Franklin's Gardens on Saturday and were put to the sword by play-off Northampton contenders. They were a pale imitation of the intensely committed side who had been in Gloucester six days earlier, to secure their top-flight status. The Warriors didn't have the same fight in them, as they had nothing left to play for. That's not unprofessional so much as unavoidable human nature, in a sport founded on primal emotion.

On Friday night, Harlequins – also in the hunt for the play-offs – were made to fight every inch of the way before beating Leicester to advance their play-off cause, because the Tigers were in desperate survival mode , which Worcester no longer needed to be. If there was no relegation, several clubs could spend several months with precious little to play for, and that could impact on others vying for titles and trophies, if not all opponents are committing body and soul to their weekly work.

There have been calls for the Premiership to be ring-fenced, calls which should be ignored

Ring-fencing would lead to a raft of meaningless fixtures in March, April and May every year. Surely, that would not appeal to CVC, after their huge investment in the Premiership. Maybe, as a means of actually acting in rugby's best interests, the private equity firm could plow some of their fixed financial resources into the Championship. That would win hearts and minds in the English game, by making the second tier more viable and fostering ambitions in Cornwall, Yorkshire and elsewhere.

Guided by the canny Richards, Newcastle will bounce back next season, even if they lose several players. Their demise needn't be terminal. And ring fencing should not be approved in their name. The Premiership's honesty and integrity is a large part of its appeal.

Saturday's result at Allianz Park has added intrigue to the Premiership play-off equation, as it raises the possibility of Saracens snatching top spot. The champions' largely reserve line-up battered Exeter.

Rob Baxter's Chiefs have wobbled lately and if Northampton upset them at Sandy Park on May 18, their prize will be a trip to Barnet, as Saracens will surely run a riot at Worcester, for a bonus-point win. That scenario would mean the semi-finals are Saracens vs. Northampton and Exeter vs. Gloucester.

If Exeter revive to see off the Saints, Harlequins can sneak in by beating Wasps, to make it Exeter vs. Harlequins and Saracens vs. Gloucester. That's the more likely outcome, but this league specializes in plot twists, so don't bank on it.

This league specializes in plot twists, so don't bank on anything in the play-off race yet

European tournament organizers EPCR must take urgent action to overhaul and simplify the complex Champions Cup qualification formula, as it is leading to a farcical scenario involving three Welsh regions.

The Blues, Ospreys and Scarlets have to wait for the outcome of next weekend's final – and the final positions in the English and French leagues – before knowing which of them will face a play-off to earn a place in the continent's top event next season.

That fixture could be delayed until May 29, a full month after their last regular-season matches. It is, frankly, a shambles. Each league should have a fixed representation in the Champions Cup. This fluid system is not working.

Shaun Edwards' decision to become France's defense coach, after the World Cup, is a major coup for Bernard Laporte.

The president of the French federation is often appreciated as a comic figure, but he won his country the hosting rights for the 2023 World Cup and now he is putting together a strong Test management team to prepare for the event.

Shaun Edwards's decision to become France's defense coach after the World Cup is a coup

Edwards will transform France. Some lazy players won't know what has hit them. While France are being organized for a change, the same cannot be said of the RFU, when it comes to succession planning.

Dean Ryan has been building a power base at Twickenham, but now he is reportedly set to take charge of the Dragons. Laporte is making headway while his cross-channel rivals are going around in circles.

Australia are in a state of chaos, just four months before the World Cup. Israel Folau's code of conducting hearing will continue on Tuesday, with his union determined to declare that 'hell awaits' gay people. It has emerged that Folau turned down an offer or $ 1million to walk away from his Rugby Australia contract.

The Wallabies are set to be without one of their marquee match winners in Japan, and there are signs of tension and division within their squad, as Polynesian players are feeling alienated and persecuted due to their religious beliefs. Comments are being twisted and offense is being tasks at every turn.

The game Down Under is on a knife-edge. Michael Cheika, the Wallabies' head coach, faces a huge task to instil unity and harmony before Australia face Wales in the World Cup pool stage – and potentially England in the quarter-finals.

Disgraced Australia full-back Israel Folau's code of conductive conduct will continue on Tuesday

The Last Word

Eddie Jones was at Kingsholm on Saturday for another first-hand view of Danny Cipriani in action. Six days earlier, England's head coach watched Gloucester's playmaker deliver another sublime personal performance, despite his side's defeat at Worcester.

This week, Cipriani could be named Players' Player of the Year, after being included on a five-man shortlist for the RPA award. Jones has shown no inclination to recall the 31-year-old, since he played against South Africa in Cape Town last summer. Evidently, his face just doesn't fit.

But at the end of a sensational season, there must be a strong case for including Cipriani in England's World Cup training squad. If the unthinkable happens; a serious injury to Owen Farrell or George Ford, Jones would have a serious problem – and Cipriani is the obvious, outstanding solution.

WEEKEND ROUND-UP

Pass of the week

Maxime Medard's reflex overhead assist for Cheslin Kolbe's wonder try capped a scorching, long-range counter-attack by Toulouse as they routed feeble Pau 83-6 in the Top 14.

Near miss

Sale's inspirational Springbok scrum-half, Faf de Klerk took a last-minute penalty shot at Bristol, which bounced back off a post. If it had gone over, the Sharks could have reached the playoffs.

Best premiership try

Newcastle went down off-loading, as an Alex Dunbar midfield break and some exceptional handling and support play in Micky Young crossing for their first try at Kingsholm.

Freak try

Alex Lewington truck for Saracens after a gust of wind blew Richard Wigglesworth's kick back towards the home team, the ball was hacked on and fell invitingly for the wing, who picked up and raced away.

Cartoon tribute

When Will Skelton blasted Gareth Steenson out of the way to set up a Saracens try, Lawrence Dallaglio – commenting on BT Sport – said: 'It was like Road Runner. He just marmalized him. "

Hard done-by

Treviso were cruelly denied a place in the Pro 14 semi-finals when Munster were awarded a contentious late penalty against them and the Italians were sent back 10 meters for throwing the ball away.

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Saracens 32-16 Munster: Hosts reach Heineken Champions Cup final

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After just greeted his relatives in the crowd, Billy Vunipola started on a lap of honor on his own for the Munster fans who arrived with gay pride flags and surprised every move.

Breaking through security, a brave Irishman went past the stewards to get to the field and flash his middle fingers in the face of No. 8 who had been in the midst of the homophobia storm. Billy Vunipola responded to the midweek controversy with a brilliant display and a vital attempt "

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Flanker Michael Rhodes set Saracens on their way to victory after crossing the second half, give a thumb up for the middle class man who wears shorts and loafers.

CONTEST FACTS

SARACENS: Goode, Maitland, Lozowski, Barritt, Williams, Farrell, Spencer, M. Vunipola, George, Lamositele, Itoje, Cross , Rhodes, Wray, B. Vunipola

TRIES: Gray, Barrington, Koch, Skelton, Burger, Wigglesworth, Tompkins, Strettle. Rhodes, B Vunipola, CONSULT: Farrell 2, Pale: Farrell 6;

Farrell, R. Scannell, Sweetnam, Bleyendaal, Murray, Kilcoyne, N. Scannell, Ryan, Kleyn, Beirne, P. O & # 39; Mahony, O & # 39; Donoghue , Stander. ] Marshall, Loughman, Archer, Holland, Botha, Mathewson, Hanrahan, Goggin.

TRY: Sweetnam; The English champions started to feel this match when the world is against them. The Munster players felt the full power of their siege mentality.

& # 39; Shake It Off & # 39; by Taylor Swift has been the anthem of Saracens this week.

There was little tame before the game that this was the 100th appearance of Vunipola for the club, although it came to light when he became the man's man the game. He carried the ball 22 times and scored a try, although there were suggestions for a cunning retaliation to dupe him into TV interview duties. & # 39; I believe what I believe in & # 39 ;, said the Pacific Islander, breaking his silence. & # 39; It wasn't intended to hurt anyone. That was never my intention and I am just happy to play, to be fit. I felt a lot of love and kindness behind closed doors. "

Munster 1945 offered heart and soul on the field, but they missed the vanguard of Owen Farrell, who was perhaps the most deserving man for the competition.

Several rainbow flags were spotted in the crowd in response to Vunipola's comments the crowd in response to Vunipola's comments

Vunipola hit the ball after heavy pressure to help him reach another European final

Vunipola hit the ball after heavy pressure to help his side reach another European final

No signs of lack of sleep as a new father, the flying half Ed 22 points, fizzed passes from both hands and terrorized Mike Haley with his kicking attack. In the first minute, Saracens landed two box-kicks on the full Munster, who dropped both. CJ Stander then conceded a penalty that Farrell against a shout from & # 39; Come on, p ****! & # 39; Kicked!

Saracens struggled to break clear in the first half as his superior attack was chained by the even more hungry Munster & # 39; s defense.

From there Munster play catch-up. . The Irish province has the highest compliance rates in the competition and their desperate defense clung to dear life.

Fly-half Owen Farrell kicked two conversions and six penalties in an influential display "

Fly-half Owen Farrell kicked two conversions and six punishments in an influential display

Against the wall of Munster's sound, the Saracens players had to generate their own energy, and after Tyler Bleyendaal leveled the scores, Farrell quickly beat Haley back under a high ball to force a penalty greeted by the trademark Maro Itoje fist pump.

& # 39; Billy is a homophobic! & # 39;

The catcalls continued as Farrell – supported by Ben Spencer – The Last Supper The Last Supper – Outkicked Bleyendaal and Murray to secure a limited lead at halftime.

Wales wing Liam Williams shows off his footwork with a break for the English champions

Wales wing Liam Williams shows off his footwork with a break for the English champions champions

Wales wing Liam Williams shows off his footwork with a break for the English champions

& # 39; The Fields of Athenry & # 39; Munster greeted back from their half-brother

& # 39; The scoreboard said 12-9 in the break, but it didn't necessarily feel that way, & # 39; said Saracens coach Mark McCall afterwards.

After Farrell squeezed an offload from the tackle, Saracens backs kept the ball rolling and Spencer set up Michael Rhodes to score.

Farrell tapped the scoreboard with two more penalties and, before they knew it, Mun

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Wing Darren Sweetnam gave the Irish silk hope for a comeback with an attempt from the second half Wing Darren Sweetnam gave the Irish side hope for a comeback with an attempt in the second half

There was, however, a short Munster resistance. One thing Munster doesn't miss is fighting and in the 62nd minute Murray stole the ball from the back of the Saracens scrum.

Munster opened with the slightest snuff of a comeback.

& # 39; Not many teams in the world can press a team like Saracens do and they try to save the ball from their own 22, but the by-products were mistakes that brought the ball back to the hosts. "I don't know what to do," said Munster trainer Johann van Graan. & # 39; We came here to win, but we were beaten by a better party. & # 39;

As if it were a script, Vunipola scored the attempt to end the kickback – despite a late yellow card for Vincent Koch. The gigantic slum was almost stopped by Billy Holland until he managed to free both arms to stretch out and place the ball over the line.

The Saracens play Toulouse or Leinster in the final of the Champions Cup on 11 May "

Toulouse or Leinster in the final of the Champions Cup on 11 May

The Saracens play Toulouse or Leinster in the final of the Champions Cup on May 11

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] At that time, the Richard Farrell seemed to tell him to stop, although Vunipola had only just begun.

The Saracen minority immediately had something to cheer, although Farrell kicked his team to a one-second lead at 35 meters

A Bleyendaal penalty pulled Munster to level seven minutes later, and although mocking remarks accompanied Vunipola's first touch of the ball, Saracens were quick in their pass when a second Farrell penalty made it 6-3.

Farrell completed a penalty kick in the 27th minute, but a second Bleyendaal attack quickly reduced the opening to three points.

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Saracens 32-16 Munster: Billy Vunipola shakes off controversy to help side into Champions Cup final

Saracens 32-16 Minster: Billy Vunipola shakes controversy in the final Heineken Champions Cup

Michael Rhodes scored first attempt after halftime when Owen Farrell kicked 22 points

Published: 18:08 BST, April 20, 2019 | Billy Vunipola was on the scorecard and the Saracens reached their third European final in four seasons after beating opponents of the Heineken Champions Cup Munster 32-16

Saracens' number eight from England provided an official display for man-of-match, but he was booed most of the times I hit the ball at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

Vunipola received formal warnings from his club and Rugby Football Union in the past week after I posted on social media that "man was made for the woman to reproduce, wasn't that the goal?"

Billy Vunipola responded to the mid-week controversy with a brilliant display and a vital attempt "

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Flanker Michael Rhodes sets Saracens on their way to victory after

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declared "hell awaits" for homosexuals.

CONTEST FACTS

SARACENS: Goode, Maitland, Lozowski, Barritt, Williams, Farrell, Spencer, M. Vunipola, George, Lamositele, Itoje, Cross , Rhodes, Wray, B. Vunipola

TRIES: Gray, Barrington, Koch, Skelton, Burger, Wigglesworth, Tompkins, Strettle. Rhodes, B Vunipola, CONSULT: Farrell 2, Pale: Farrell 6 Farrell, R. Scannell, Sweetnam, Bleyendaal, Murray, Kilcoyne, N. Scannell, Ryan, Kleyn, Beirne, P. O & # 39; Mahony, O & # 39; Donoghue, Stander. ] Marshall, Loughman, Archer, Holland, Botha, Mathewson, Hanrahan, Goggin.

TRY: Sweetnam;

Some rainbow flags – a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movements – were visible among the Munster-dominated crowd of just over 16,000.

But the powerful back row claimed the second landing of Saracens Owen Farrell was the architect of the semi-final victory of Saracens, kicking 22 points while he was flanker.

Fly-half Owen Farrell was the architect of the semi-final victory of Saracens, kicking 22 points, while flanker Michael Rhodes also hit during the dominant second half of the team performance.

Despite the try of wing Darren Sweetnam, two Tyler Bleyendaal penalties, the long-distance Conor Murray attack and JJ Hanrahan conversion, Munster suffered a seventh consecutive European semi-team. final defeat on their record

The stadium looked like a home match for Munster, with their fans considerably more than the supporters of Saracens in the crowd who barely filled the Ricoh.

<img id = "i-bee0ceb19fa57105" src = "https://dailym.ai/2VVbfeQ -55_1555779689113.jpg "height =" 475 "width =" 634 "alt =" Vunipola hit the ball after heavy pressure to help him reach another European final "

Vunipola hit the ball after heavy pressure to help his side reach another European final

The Saracen minority immediately had something to cheer, although Farrell kicked his team to a 35-meter lead.

A Bleyendaal penalty attracted Munster level seven minutes later, and even spotting accompanied Vunipola & # 39; s first touch of the ball, Saracens were quickly in their stride as a second Farrell penalty made it 6-3.

Farrell completed a penalty kick in the 27th minute, but a second Bleyendaal attack quickly cut the gap again to three points.

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Fly-half Owen Farrell kicked two conversions and six punishments in an influential display

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Waless he wingman Liam Williams shows off his footwork with a break for the English champions

Saracens continued to dominate in terms of possession and territory, but all too often they were that

Munster pulled level three minutes before the break when Murray scored a penalty from just inside Saracens & half, for a fourth

Saracens skipper Brad Barritt did not appear for the second period and was replaced by Nick Tompkins, but the English champions were not disturbed. ] They scored the opening of the game within three minutes after the restart when Rhodes completed a sustained pressure.

Farrell & # 39; s conversion opened a 10-point lead, with prevailing pressure on a Munster side that had defended impressively, but missed an offensive spark, before its fifth and sixth penalty successes made it 25-9 .

Wing Darren Sweetnam gave

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Wing Darren Sweetnam gave the Irish side hope for a comeback with an attempt by the second half

But Munster has 10 points received it in four minutes and they fell further behind the Farrell & # 39; s sixth successful penalty that boosted Saracens. camp near the wing of Saracens before wing Sweetnam scored a try and Hanrahan was replaced by a kick the conversion from the sidelines.

Munster, however, could not find a way back and Vunipola hit eight minutes after time, with Farrell & # 39; s conversion ending with scoring and sealing off an impressive victory.

The Saracens play Toulouse or Leinster in the Champions Cup final on 11 May "

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The Saracens play Toulouse or Leinster in the final of the Champions Cup on 11 May

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Former Gloucester chief has ‘zero doubts’ clubs are cheating the salary cap

Ryan Walkinshaw has & # 39; no doubt & # 39; that he & # 39; zero doubts & # 39; has Premiership clubs deceive the salary limit

Sportsmail revealed Saracens owner has a number of companies with players Whether they have broken the rules

The former chairman of Gloucester said his ideas to settle the problem were rejected

Laura Lambert

and Matt Lawton

and Chris Foy for the Daily Mail

Published: 09:52 GMT, 7 March 2019 | Updated: 09:52 GMT, 7 March 2019

Former Gloucester President Ryan Walkinshaw has admitted that he & # 39; no doubt & # 39; has Premiership clubs cheating the system when it comes to the salary limit of the competition. ] Research team revealed that Saracens owner Nigel Wray has entered into a number of business ventures with some of his players to ask questions about whether the club operates within the salary limit.

Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell, Mako and Billy Vunipola and Richard Wigglesworth were revealed by

Sportsmail earlier this week to do business with the 70-year-old Wray, who was £ 315 million is worth

Ryan Walkinshaw gave an candid account of experiences in the boardroom of the Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby was urged to launch a full and transparent investigation into Saracens, to check if the club meets the salary limit of £ 7 million.

After the explanation of Sportsmail about the business and ownership arrangements between Wray and his players, Walkinshaw gave an candid account of the experiences in the boardroom of Premiership Rugby.

The former Ibiza DJ, who was involved with Gloucester

Walkinshaw said that he & # 39; no doubt & # 39; has that clubs cheating, but that's smart accounting and tight lips & # 39; Until February 2016, he said he was surprised by the attitude of some clubs to the nine-month investigation into Saracens and another club in 2014 for alleged violations of salary limits.

salary cap breaks under the carpet and had his ideas for enforcing the rule & # 39; shot & # 39 ;.

In a stream of messages on social media I wrote: & # 39; I fought hard to ensure that the alleged clubs would be brought to justice in violation. Unfortunately, I was one of only a handful of clubs who shared the same mentality.

England star Owen Farrell is one of the men who has a property agreement with Wray

& # 39; Many of the clubs held surprising positions here because they claimed that it was not in the interests of sport to punish clubs in violation, or to publicly denounce them, every offense must be swept under the carpet or in the worst case private behind closed doors is done.

It is understood that the defunct clubs paid a fine which was then shared between the other 10 teams, each receiving approximately £ 250,000.

Walkinshaw added: & # 39; I offered an idea that we would subcontract wage hood investigations to a third party, such as (accountants) PwC. This would reduce self-interest and the possibility for clubs to delete infringements under the carpet. This idea was shot down. & # 39;

Saracens claim that they have declared all the arrangements entered into by Sportsmail as part of their salary limit duties.

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