Maybe they were aware earlier in the week that there was an issue with the Wigan interchange and have been in full training awaiting the RFL to make a decision?

If they haven`t been training, then I agree that playing the Final this weekend, is a farce.

But the rules changed for both clubs, so how did Warrington manage to conform at such short notice and the greatest academy in the world didn't?

So Warrington went with 8 substitutions knowing that was the rule but Wigan used 12..really can't they count in Wigan..poor if you ask me.. someone needs booting out for not doing there job right

You have to wonder if this had happened to one of the bigger clubs like Saints, whether they would have been treated in the same way.

It has been eight substitutions all season for the academy competition. There are no fourth officials at any academy games, it relies upon the integrity of the competing clubs to stick to the rules over number of substitutions made.

Now if Wigan are saying their belief is the limit of eight was only introduced for the finals series then that suggests one of two things;

Wigan have been using twelve substitutions all season; or

Sensing the game against Warrington was slipping away from them they made the conscious decision to cheat.

I believe Warrington made the complaint straight after the game as the rule breaking was blatantly obvious to those who knew the rules which suggests the second possibility seems most likely. Wigan hadn’t used twelve subs in the previous games between the teams and I would presume it would have been spotted earlier in the season if they had been.

Oh, we haven't had a good old Paul Y vs Rogues ding dong for a while. Settle back and enjoy...