I don't expect any reduction in the points penalty at all. Why would the RFL go to the trouble of appointing an independent panel if not to vindicate their initial decision? It draws a neat line under the whole episode.

I think the whole thing will be thrown out, due to not following procedure correctly.

Then the rfl will look at the reasons given, and use the excuse of mark green owning a new company, to apply a new set of sanctions to the new company which will be watertight the second time around.

New set of sanctions being almost identical to the old ones? Perhaps with a 4pt penalty as a headline?

I'm not getting my hopes up.

Ross has just tweeted that the hearing will not take place until the end of May

What a crock. It needs to be done early! ASAP. Does nobody at the RFL understand the need for clarity in this matter? The integrity of the competition is at stake. If the RFL don't have the resources to run an appeal in a reasonable timescale then they need to cut their cloth accordingly....

Bloody typical. You hire some lawyers to do something and they sit on their Harrises and do nowt until the deadline then ask for an extension.

What, just ahead of the Wakefield game you mean?

Heh, funny that.

I think they are doing what they did when they found out Kopout and Huddersfield were lying. Keep quiet, and just hope it all goes away!

At this rate the season will have finished before a decision is made. How long after the hearing will we have to wait for a decision?

And yet they certainly managed to apply the points deduction sharpish originally.

Without knowing how much was withheld from Creditors, when the club went into administration for the original 6 points to be deducted, and without knowing how much has been paid back to creditors from the new management, how can anyone make any reasonable guess at the final outcome?

Would be far simpler to have fixed rules. Admin resulting in an automatic penalty, reduced percentage wise on any buy outof the club and any resulting percentage debt repaid.

There would be no need to have any decision or appeal.

Why May? What are we waiting for?