The £100k fine of which £40k was suspended was because Hull could not be kicked out of the competition. So I believe the fine was this high due to the RFL not wishing Hull to profit from the fact that they remained in the tournament.

Halifax will not profit from a run in the challenge cup as they were away in the last round and gained no money from this round due to the game being cancelled. I would expect us to be fined no more than £5k at most or expect expulsion and forfeit of prize money from last round to be sufficient.

One must assume that the RFL will now backflush all teamsheets for all games played by ALL teams in the CC. I suspect we are not an isolated case!

Put it this way, I'd rather be in your situation than my team's.

We're skint, have low attendences, have had 60 put past us 3 times this season, and only 1 point to show for the first half of the season.

You'll come back a better club for going through this.

See you in a fortnight.

Keep the faith.

They are the only incidents which have been noticed but, as the RFL have shown that they don't monitor the teams and have to be told of any infringements by the fans, whose to say how many others have slipped through the net?

My point entirely. This is not cut n dried imo.

Well this one certainly didn't slip through the net, the fact that it took 3 weeks and was raised on this forum is not proof that it would not have been realised at a later date, with potentially more significant and embarrassing consequences for the club and sport.

And I would say it is "cut and dried" as far as Fax are concerned as he played for Rochdale in the 3rd round and Halifax in the 4th round. No ambiguity there. I sincerely hope there are no more incidents at any other clubs and to be honest I don't expect any either, it isn't rocket science.

I don't expect there would be many instances at all. In-season transfers aren't all that common these days.

Most of the movements seem to be "dual registered" players, by the way are dual registered players eligible to play for either team in any round?

No you can only play for one. Hence Alex Brown is now cup tied for Hudds as he played for Batley against Siddal. Kyle Wood and Josh Griffin were not allowed to play against Siddal incase of any injury issues with Hudds however, were allowed to play against Fax meaning they too would have been cup tied for Hudds. Not that Hudds need to worry about the cup anymore either.

But hull were fined for a different offense. They didnt register thackray on cup player register after his late move from leeds which was basically an administrative error which its quite feasible player knew nothing about. Also at the time there was no clear cut penalty specified in cup rules for this offense.

If allegations about Ostick are proved your case is different in 2 ways. Firstly Ostick must have been aware he was cup tied and should have made club aware plus the previous cup game he played in was just before you signed him so I'd imagine its quite likely that someone from fax was at game scouting him. secondly the rules are pretty specific as to punishment for fielding a player whose already turned out for another team in cup and leave RFL little room for wriggle room, so I doubt they can give you a fine.

Apparentley he's the one who emailed the RFL, he's been awfully quiet on here since this thing erupted

The RFL have handled this disgracefully and have raised the hopes of both Swinton and Batley when no comment should have been made further than 'this is being investigated'.

Common sense should prevail - the lad had virtually no impact on the Swinton game and I am certain that he was allowed to play in error thus giving no grounds for 'willfull or known negligence' on Fax's part.

Do the right thing RFL and do not hammer an uneccesary nail into the coffin of another heartland club who deserve a place in your mighty Super League.