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Saracens player escapes formal sanction over nightclub punch that sparked Stokes crisis
Totoa Auvaa will not be disciplined for incident on 8 June
TL;DR
- Totoa Auvaa, a 21-year-old Saracens academy player, will not face formal disciplinary action for an incident in a Chelsea nightclub.
- Auvaa punched an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) security guard after missing his intended target, England teammate Gus Atkinson.
- The security guard required stitches but chose not to report the matter to the police.
- Saracens conducted an independent review and concluded that no further action is required, describing the incident as 'regrettable' but expressing continued support for the player.
- The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has not launched an investigation, viewing it as an employment matter between the player and the club.
- The ECB is reportedly surprised that no action will be taken against Auvaa, especially after they had previously stated Stokes and Atkinson were blameless victims of unprovoked attacks and issued them formal written warnings.