The Cronulla Sharks are being investigated over a potential salary cap breach that could see their 2018 premiership aspirations come to a crashing halt.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the NRL's integrity unit is investigating the Sharks after the club's CEO Barry Russell conducted a review and reported suspect payments to the NRL.
The payments go back to 2015, and the Daily Telegraph believe the sum of money involved could be around the $250,000 mark.
However, one Sharks official confessed to the Daily Telegraph: “Now they’ve taken our server, we don’t know what they’ll find.”
The NRL currently believe the Sharks are compliant to this season's salary cap, and expect them to feature in the finals.
Cronulla have released the following statement regarding the matter.
The Cronulla Sharks informed the NRL Integrity Unit earlier in the year of salary cap discrepancies relating to historical third-party player payments, discovered during a Club instigated governance review.
The Sharks self-reported to the NRL and asked for their assistance in investigating this matter. The Club is fully cooperating with the NRL Integrity Unit, allowing them access to any information they require to complete their investigation.
The discrepancies occurred under previous Club Management. This is a historical issue, we are currently salary cap compliant for the 2018 season having passed our mid-season salary cap review.
Due to the ensuing investigation by the NRL Integrity Unit, we will be making no further comment until the outcome of the investigation is known.
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