Toulouse fined nearly €3m over salary cap breaches, Healy confirmed for O'Gara's La Rochelle

From next season, salary cap infringements of more than €500,000 will be punished with a deduction of up to 15 league points

ROG REUNION: Ben Healy will hook up with Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle next season. Pic: Tom O’Hanlon, Inpho

Days after lifting the Bouclier de Brennus for a record-equalling fourth time in a row, newly crowned Top 14 champions Toulouse have been fined a total €2.88million for multiple salary cap offences.

The now 25-time French champions were sanctioned for exceeding the Ligue National de Rugby’s (LNR) salary cap in the 21/22, 22/23 and 24/25 seasons and for “breaches of the obligation of transparency and cooperation” during the 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, and 24/25 seasons.