Premiership clubs to review salary cap after early Heineken Cup and Amlin Cup exits "Everybody is very disappointed and clearly we will have to sit down with the clubs before the end of the season and decide whether there are any changes we need to make to our approach," McCafferty said. The salary cap is there to try to secure the long-term financial sustainability for the clubs so we can't over-react in the short term, either. "As ever, it is a balancing act but we will certainly sit down with them and say, "Have we got the balance right or is it out of kilter and if it is, how do we adjust it?" If a sufficient amount of clubs want to make a change, then we will make those changes, we won't hang around. Saracens, Bath and Leicester are among those keen for a rise to enable them to compete with the French clubs, whose salary cap is around £7.2 million. Edwards Griffiths, the Saracens chief executive, said: "The Premiership aspires to be the best league in the world and we need to find a balance which makes sure it is competitive but also enables English clubs to compete on a level platform. When English clubs go into the Heineken Cup, it is just a reality that they are fighting with one arm tied behind their backs. English clubs dominated the early years of the Heineken Cup, with the Premiership providing the champions in 1998 (Bath), 2000 (Northampton), before Leicester won back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002. But the past decade has been dominated by French and Irish clubs, with Wasps the only English club to taste success, in 2004 and 2007. McCafferty is concerned that if this trend is left unchecked, it will also undermine the preparations of Stuart Lancaster's side for the 2015 World Cup. We need to get back on track in terms of our European performance because it is an important part of the build-up to 2015. He said Stuart Lancaster, the England head coach, "talks about the 37 international matches that are left, but for the squad that is coming together it is also crucial that they not only play in the big games in the Aviva Premiership but also in the European knockout stages. If not enough of them are getting that experience as well, that is an issue, so we want to be doing well in Europe over the next three years to make sure it is part and parcel of the development of the England team. Premiership Rugby will meet with the RFU next month to garner support for their proposed changes to the Heineken Cup participation agreement, which is under review. Premiership Rugby wants all the clubs in the Pro 12 league to be forced to qualify for the cup, rather than be guaranteed places, as is the case with Glasgow, Edinburgh and two Italian clubs. "Until that issue is addressed, you'll get the problems caused by the fact that some clubs have automatic entry and others have to fight tooth and nail to get there," McCafferty said. Meanwhile, Griffiths has said that the stalemate with the RFU over the club's head coach, Andy Farrell, joining England, is unlikely to be resolved this week.