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Clubs should not set salary cap - Gloucester owner

Gloucester club owner Martin St QuintonGetty Images

Gloucester were the only Premiership club to keep losses below £1m in the last set of s released

Premiership Rugby's salary cap should be "set independently" rather than by the clubs, says Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton.

The salary cap is determined and agreed by all Premiership clubs and increased from £5m back to £6.4m for the 2024-25 campaign, after being cut by £1.4m in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The last set of s filed by all Premiership clubs in 2022-23 showed that the sides collectively lost £30.5m and have net debts of over £300m.

"At the moment it's the clubs who decide what the salary cap should be and the clubs have proved year after year completely incapable of setting a sensible salary," St Quinton told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"It should be set independently from the PRB [Professional Rugby Board] with some input from the DCMS [Department for Culture, Media and Sport], what is the right amount of money that we can afford to play our club players">