rlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/47058989rl

Tut tut

And not for the first time

Are we surprised? They cheated the salary cap to avoid relegation

*gets out the popcorn*

Unlikely they would’ve gone over if they weren’t also paying to run a reserve side, coincidence that they announced they aren’t running one this year after this? Perhaps not as affordable as it seems.

Leneghan already oversees big profit losses, falling attendances, unable to match other big clubs with marquee signings and now this.

If they went over they went over. I'll get my popcorn and bucket of pepsi.

According to the BBC;
"The penalty, which includes a £5,000 fine, relates to six separate payments totalling £14,700, which were not declared to the Rugby Football League."

This is terrible news, 2 points deducted, it should have been 20 points!

A leopard never changes its spots

When did the “live” salary cap rules come in? I thought this sort of cheating was impossible now because all clubs finances were monitored for salary cap breaches? Seems odd that cheating in 2017 takes over a year to identify and punish.

Reading the report I take it as that it was "undeclared" therefore it wouldn't appear as "live".

It's not the 1st time they have fallen foul with regards cheating the salary cap, therefore I surprised it's not more points deducted.

Will they be stripped of the SL title when their opportunity to appeal has passed, a a Melbourne?
We’ve got a team who won the Grand Final who were in breach of the salary cap at that time.
Reading between the lines, although we have a live cap these payments were not declared by the club, so were not taken into account at the time. I’m guessing it’s similar to the Salford situation when payments were made to players via other companies associated with the club and then discovered later, but I’m just speculating.

I spoke to lennegan when he was at London as chairman and he said that he and his family were disgusted with Wigans breaches(Previous ones).

Now he has overseen cheating. Its in the Pies DNA

I don't know how this affects things but allegedly the payments were for agent fees and flight allowances (sounds farfetched to me) and they argued that they shouldn't count on the cap and so it had to go before an independent tribunal contributing to the delay.

No because the payments relate to the 2017 season in which Wigan won nothing.

Leeds won it?