Can someone tell me the current rules on the salary cap?

[league fan]
And that worked....
[/league fan]

The 50% rule was removed to allow clubs like Wakefield the luxury of employing someone to drive nails into their own coffin.

+1

There are lots of rules especially regarding things like appearance bonuses and win bonuses etc but the main points are:
- A club may spend £1.65m on it's "First Tier Players". Which are the 25 highest paid players at the club (not necessarily squad numbers 1-25).
- A club may spend £50,000 on it's "Second Tier Players. Which are players outside the "First Tier" (ie not in the 25 highest paid players at the club) who play at least 1 game in the season.
- 50% of any players qualifying for the "Long Service Concession" (ie played at the club for 10 years) may be exempt from the salary cap, up to a maximum of £50,000 per club.
- £50,000 of 1 homegrown players' salary may be exempt from the salary cap
- Prize money, International bonuses & non-salary cap relevant match bonuses/payments (eg cross-code challenges, Middlesex 7's etc) are not included on the salary cap.

its all explained in this weeks (Monday the 7th) issue of Rugby league express.