Saracens player escapes formal sanction over nightclub punch that sparked Stokes crisis

Totoa Auvaa will not be disciplined for incident on 8 JuneECB understood to be bemused at lack of actionThe Saracens academy player who triggered the Ben Stokes captaincy crisis by throwing a punch at his England teammate Gus Atkinson has escaped without being ­disciplined. Totoa Auvaa, a 21-year-old Samoan back-row, will not face formal ­disciplinary action from Saracens or the Rugby Football Union.Auvaa’s punch missed Atkinson and struck an ­England and Wales Cricket Board security guard, who required stitches, but opted not to report the matter to the police. Continue reading...