The Dons appeal could be heard on Thursday.

Well, I'm not sure Dons can wait. There'll be a time limit.

If nowt else, we're two games away from the end of the season. Other clubs as well as the apellants need to know where they stand.

Apart from the competition, there's (relatively) big money at stake here. A problem which the gormless halfwits at Red Hall have foisted on themselves with this "stepped funding" plan for 2015.

Early, unconfirmed, reports suggesting that The Dons have had their points returned following their appeal at 2pm today

Has been tweeted by Carl Hall now...excellent result!

Brilliant result ... we can relax a bit now.
The whole thing hinged on the fact that the Dons were given assurances that it was OK to play Ben Crookes by people connected with the RFL.
And so we did.

Hope the facts come out , hope someone at the rfl has admitted a mistake .

Batley have also had their points returned.

Whitehaven fans doing their nut will want to see and official RFL statement to explian the reversal

This also means that we can finish third by winning both our remaining matches and get more dosh.
And also avoid Leigh.
PS we can finish second, but I can't see it happening.

Woods has exploded £100K damage in Whitehaven !

Cue Tubby ............for the Shitehawks.

You can't do that much damage in Whitehaven.

Dave Woods does not know the facts and should shut up!

I would also like to say well done to Carl Hall and his team.

You can finish third - but you get the same dosh.

Agree with S/O - well done to Carl and everyone at the club for seeing this one through.

We can certainly watch the last two matches in a different light now we know we've got the three points back.

It would be interesting to know why the RFL imposed the deduction in the first place if all the facts were known to them at that time. I'll look forward to the RFL's explanation.

RFL in common sense shock!, wonders will never cease. COYD

Here's a quote from the RFL official website

This seems to suggest we are still guilty but the penalty has been rescinded because previous breaches of a similar kind hadn't resulted in points being deducted.