That took longer than I thought; I've been singing it to the tune of Dr Beat

Well it is typical RL rules. Arse about face

I love how a simple term of ar$e on this site becomes booty. Hi Hi Captain

According to their web site Dewsbury have no case to answer !

Because the Bulls have confirmed the player Sam Wood is under the £20,000 salary cap requirement and therefor under rule BS:17 the minimum 3 games does not apply. Doubt if that rule can be used in Ben Crooks case.

The suggestion is that 2 of the 3 will face sanctions so I guess that would be Batley and us.

Announcements are due later today.

according to the love rugby league website we have been charged along with batley, hearings on 14th August. could be a fine or both a fine and points deduction

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/30 ... h-fielding Hopefully it's just a fine and nothing more severe!

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/30 ... h-fielding Hopefully it's just a fine and nothing more severe!

Can't see it being a modest fine. With this funding plan for next year, you could get more money than the fine if you keep the point - and that's the problem.

If they fine AND deduct points, they're potentially fining twice. Once with the real fine, and again with how much it costs to lose some league places.

Or worse, it could cost someone their existence if it causes them to fall into League One.

I am not saying there should be no punishments, or points deductions, just emphasising how much thought needs to go into this.

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I am trying to think of anyone who could have played in his place; the only player I can think of is Tom Hodson who has not been available for the last 2 weeks; how do you prove someone was, or was not, fit for selection two weeks ago?

Tom has been on Holiday thats why he hasn't played the last 2 games

Would Shaun Leaf or Chris Spurr have been available had Ben Crooks not played? I doubt the RFL would consider any form of leniency though if we said we played Ben Crooks because we had nobody else.

If found guilty, I would suspect we'll definitely lose the Keighley bonus point. The question would then be whether there's a fine as well, or additional points deduction. Considering it's 9 points for going into administration, anything more than a 3 point penalty would surely seem harsh?

The Batley case with Sheffied poses a slightly different challenge for the RFL as Sheffield lost the game. Will Sheffield be awarded three points if Batley are found guilty, whilst Batley would be docked three points (minimum)?

The impacts of these decisions could be huge, as Jemmo points out. It really does need to be thought through properly by the RFL.

I thought I'd seen, failure to be able to name a squad of 17, as reason for playing a DR player after the transfer deadline; but can't find it now. I may have dreamt it

Shouldn't be in this predicament if the club had checked the rules which were fairly simples. Seemed the forum contributors new 3 game requirement. Better now win the remaining fixtures to make amends.

Yep, I've gone up my own exhaust pipe many a time trying to find things on the RFL site, especially things I thought I'd seen at some point!

If that rule does exist, it could get us out of a scrape.

Scorer we haven't been found guilty yet , rules are never simple.