Saracens could face further disciplinary action over their salary-cap breaches, with the Rugby Football Union understood to be considering an investigation to determine if the Premiership club should face charges for misconduct or bringing the game into disrepute, Telegraph Sport can reveal.

It is understood that the governing body is in the process of going through details of the decision by Premiership Rugby on Saturday to relegate the English and European champions to the Championship next season.

Also under scrutiny is the original 103-page judgment, which included a 35-point deduction as well as a £5.36 million fine for the club for breaching the salary cap over the previous three seasons, and was published in November following an independent hearing chaired by Lord Dyson.

It is thought that the RFU’s legal and governance team is reviewing the judgment to determine if any of the club’s misdemeanours meet the threshold of a misconduct or disrepute charge. If a prima facie case is proven, then disciplinary hearings could follow.

It is understood that the RFU has also privately expressed to Premiership Rugby that the report following the disciplinary hearing in November should be made public in some form. It is a view shared within Premiership Rugby, although chief executive Darren Childs stated that Saracens had asked for it not to be published.