Overview
- Saracens confirmed that Totoa Auvaa has left the club with immediate effect after an incident in St Albans that took place on Sunday.
- Hertfordshire Police are investigating an alleged assault in St Peter’s Street in which it is claimed a man in his 20s was punched to the face and enquiries are ongoing.
- The club has also stood down a second member of its men’s senior academy while it carries out a separate internal investigation into an incident linked to the same St Albans period.
- Auvaa was previously involved in a June nightclub fracas in Chelsea that involved England cricketers Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson, an episode that attracted an ECB inquiry and wider media scrutiny.
- Auvaa joined Saracens in August 2025 after captaining Samoa Under-20, and the club says it will make no further comment while criminal and internal probes proceed, with outcomes likely to shape reputational and sporting consequences.