• Prem club release statement after releasing Totoa Auvaa

• ‘His conduct falls short of the standards expected’

Saracens have sacked the rugby player who sparked English cricket’s captaincy crisis on a night out with Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson last summer following his involvement in another alcohol-related incident.

In a statement released on Monday evening, Saracens confirmed that Totoa Auvaa, a 21-year-old Samoan forward, has been dismissed following an internal investigation into an incident in St Albans last weekend.