Quote: Him "No it doesn’t. That’s nonsense. A punishment for a cap breach should be proportionate to the size and nature of the breach.
All breaches should carry a points deduction but that’s where the similarities to this Union case should end. Neither the Wigan nor the Leeds breach are deserving of anything close to this kind of punishment. A 2 point deduction and fine is perfectly sufficient as a deterrence. With punishments increasing if the same clubs offend again.
As for thinking they are bigger than the game you just make yourself look daft with that comment as plenty of clubs have broken the cap.'"
Do you think that the bigger clubs would be heavily fined or points deducted, if they seriously transgressed ?
The recent "over spend" by both Wigan and Leeds dont even come close to the Wigan breech, when Fielden and Radlinski bolstered their squad a few years ago and I believe that it was the lack of real punishment on that occasion that seemed to set the precedent.
Personally, I have absolutely no doubt that if there was a genuine threat of relegation, both clubs would survive first and worry about the consequences later, knowing that their legal teams and their "clout" would spare them any significant punishment.
Although there was a massive difference in the behavior of Leeds and Wigan, compared with Saracens, you would gamble that they would have been hit a little harder if The RFU were running our sport.
When you consider their action to that of Elstone, when Wigan were caught, you just know how things are in our game.