Premiership clubs defend salary cap in wake of Saracens’ comments

• Cockerill: ‘cap is there for a reason’• Ford claims Bath also agree with salary cap• Report of inquiry into Bath and Saracens not confirmed• Attempts to end Premiership salary cap set to failBath have remained silent on claims that they are being investigated by Premiership Rugby over breaches of the salary cap. Bath’s 39-16 defeat of their West Country rivals Gloucester was overshadowed by the claims made earlier that they were being probed about paying more than the £5.5m limit on players.Premiership Rugby has also refused to comment on a report in yesterday’s Saturday’s Daily Mail t…