I don’t see how this can work. Players who got banned and fined last year paid for it under those rules. If they retrospectively add “points” that will lead to further bans and fines that’s surely something that would fail any legal challenge. Can anybody really justify double penalties?

Poor from the RFL.

Firstly, this should have been announced in October/November, after consultation with the clubs. The starting point should also have been agreed up front too. Either a clean slate for all or last years capped.

We’ll now see the RFL make an embarrassing climb down, which could have easily been avoided.