Quote Sebasteeno="Sebasteeno"Surely you cant just play your 19s without dispensation as you register your first team squad at the start of the season for salary cap reasons. As soon as you add 19s to it you go above the salary limit which is probably Salfords angle'" That's not correct. It's only your top 25 earners that go against the cap www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/rules/i ... section=E1

Quote Sebasteeno="Sebasteeno"Surely you cant just play your 19s without dispensation as you register your first team squad at the start of the season for salary cap reasons. As soon as you add 19s to it you go above the salary limit which is probably Salfords angle'" That's not correct. It's only your top 25 earners that go against the cap www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/rules/i ... section=E1

They have taken it to the RFL

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We played Andy Last for 10 minutes and we went over cap (if you believe thats the reason which was peddled on here)

if they agree, we should demand the 2 points!

3-0 win in football

a 30-0 win rugby sounds good!

I seem to remember a rule that anyone with less than a certain amount of first team appearances (maybe 5 or 10) prior to the start of a season is cap exempt. Anyone else remember the exact ruling and know whether or not it's still in place?

The statement from the RFL whilst accurate in itself (because the safety of players leading up to arriving & during a match has to be paramount) is massively hazy and ambiguous and open for interpretation.
If by making that statement they are hinting that somehow players from the 19s might get hurt because they aren't physically ready or that because Salford might not be able to have full use of the interchange system that players staying out too long might get hurt then that would be the biggest load of cobblers ever as reasons to postpone a match and actually contra to the operational rules.

What grounds could they postpone on the basis of player welfare, that the stadium is dangerous/unsafe to access, the pitch is dangerous/unplayable, floodlight failure with no guarantee of returning power, player death (abandonment), player safety from fans, no team/match doctor.

As for numbers, the 13/17 playing strength isn't even a requirement in the laws of the game, only if DURING the game a team goes down to 4 players are the officials allowed to use that as a reason for abandonment so the not having 17 players fit is just tough titty.
Section B2: Match Day Rules
B2.6
d) One of the competing teams is reduced to four players due to injuries and/or dismissals;

Far too easy as others have said to call a knock (Morely's ankle for instance) as being more serious, a stretching of the truth to garner an end result, happens all the time not just in sport but in life.

If there's a salary cap issue with playing some 19s they'll have to 'loan' some amateur players, after all there's no safety issue as amateur teams are allowed in the Challenge Cup.

There isn't even a pre-requisite to field 13 players, that isn't a reason to postpone a game, the sports own rules make that clear.
If you allow a side to continue to play with 5 players by the definition of the laws of the sport then only having 12 players to take to the field is not a reason to postpone. It's that simple.

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Quote Hessle Roader="Hessle Roader"It seems that our friend Marwan is upset. Ah bless!! www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... an-9133890'" If I was AP,I'd greet cockrash with a water bottle,the man is a total bell end

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Quote Hessle Roader="Hessle Roader"It seems that our friend Marwan is upset. Ah bless!! www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... an-9133890'" That's an understatement, he'd do well on here. Shame nobody will be going on Friday to see the fun and games.