Completely agree. We are generally ran very professionally, but this is amateur hour from the coaching staff. Ruined the young lads' season. Its very easy to blame the RFL, but you have to take care of yourselves and they've clearly messed this one up.

Very poor from us this, 9 instead of 8 you could perhaps forgive. Its those young Wigan players you've got to feel sorry for.

We need to be better than this.

When I heard the first thing I thought was could it be related to HIA's with whether the interchanges counted but for there to be 4 over we deserve to be booted in a 6 point game having 50% more interchanges definitely benefits us enough to think the result could have gone the other way. Be interesting to hear our reasoning

I disagree Stu, even one interchange too many is unforgivable. Ultimately, the coach is at fault.

Read something on Twitter/X from a refereeing development officer that there isn't a 4th official at this level.

You have to wonder when any complaint has been made or when the evidence was discovered, awful timing for everyone involved.

I bet Rads is absolutely fuming.

Who is our academy coach now out of interest? Is it Daryl Goulding?

John Duffy

Tell me a time, as I'm still struggling, when this has happened before? When has a team been disqualified and then the losing team been promoted to the final?

Wigan have to take responsibility, but this is a heavy handed punishment and screams of an anti Wigan agenda.

I've seen far worse and far more blatant cheating happen and results still not getting overturned for it.

You can't possibly allow a result to stand when one team has had four more interchanges than the other side. What other action could they take?

Might be the last game he coaches at Wigan.