A number of Super League clubs will be summoned to hearings to explain possible salary cap infringements this week.
Club accounts are audited independently on behalf of the RFL to check for compliance with the competition's rules and initial findings are expected on Friday.
It is understood some irregularities will be reported but there will be no punishments until hearings have taken place.
Points deduction??
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According to Sporting Life
Squad number 18!
Re: Points deduction??
This report from Timesonline makes much worse reading - as journalists they are showing the worst case scenario but can you even begin to imagine a team getting a 12 point deduction :
July 2, 2007
Jeffries gives Wigan more to worry about
Wakefield 32 Wigan 6 Christopher Irvine
A wretched start to the week for Wigan Warriors with this thumping yesterday could get far worse, with the RFL due to reveal on Thursday the identity of three clubs purported to have breached last year’s salary cap, for which there is a maximum penalty of a 12-point deduction.
Wigan were stripped of two points last season for exceeding the £1.6 million salary ceiling. The ramifications are likely to be more severe this year if the Warriors are one of the miscreants and a points deduction is seen as appropriate.
Although still in fourth place, Wigan have only 18 points from nine wins after 18 rounds of the regular season and any docking of points could plunge them into a relegation battle similar to last year’s. They showed a startling lack of conviction, ideas and discipline at Belle Vue as they slid to a ninth league defeat and have little time to get over a dispiriting display before facing second-placed Bradford Bulls at home on Friday.
Having spent two weeks smarting over a lacklustre performance in their previous outing, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats nudged themselves into the top half of the table, a point behind Wigan, with a vibrant performance that was the antithesis of their 31-12 defeat by Warrington Wolves a fortnight ago. Brian Noble complained that his Wigan team were “out-enthusedâ€. The reality was that they were outclassed.
The sight of Richard Moore, the hefty, bald-headed prop, marauding his way up the left flank and outpacing Mark Calderwood, supposedly one of the engage Super League’s niftiest wings, for Wakefield’s sixth try encapsulated the Wildcats’ joy and Wigan’s despair. Moore kissed the ball as he went over the line. “I’ve told the wings to report for sprint training to keep up with him,†John Kear, the Wakefield coach, quipped.
With Maxime Greseque, the France stand-off, signed from Pia and due to make his debut against Salford City Reds on Friday, Ben Jeffries responded with an outstanding contribution. Whereas Jeffries controlled the game, Thomas Leuluai, the Wigan stand-off, was nowhere to be seen. Unusually, Trent Barrett surrendered his self-control. He was shown a yellow card for a high tackle on Adam Watene just a minute after being placed on report for a similar high challenge on the same player.
“I’d been saying to the players that Trent Barrett is the best player in Super League. I think they set out to prove me wrong,†Kear, who was also full of praise for Jason Demetriou, said. The captain destroyed David Vaealiki with his footwork for Wakefield’s opening try and continued to lead by example against laboured opponents. Wigan had, in fact, got across the Wakefield line three times in the opening exchanges, but only a try by Barrett stood. The Warriors were slow to react to Jeffries following up his own chip for the second Wakefield try and Demetriou was again the catalyst for the third as Matt Blaymire stepped past the stricken Chris Ashton.
Wigan, grateful for the half-time hooter, again slowed as Jeffries and Sean Gleeson, a recent Warriors cast-off, combined for Peter Fox to go over on the right. Brett Ferres’s conversion made it 22-6, but for all Noble’s prompting at the break, Wigan could repeat none of Wakefield’s penetration and finishing. Indeed, the Wildcats mopped up everything thrown at them with almost contemptuous ease.
Fox was denied a further try for an obstruction by Jeffries in the build-up. Undaunted, and with Barrett in the sin-bin despite his remonstration with Richard Silverwood, the referee, Jeffries weaved his way beneath the posts for a superb solo score. Moore’s try was the sugar coating to a splendid win.
“We don’t throw the baby out of the bathwater,†Noble said. “We get to put Humpty Dumpty together again on Friday.†Nonetheless, a difficult few days await.
July 2, 2007
Jeffries gives Wigan more to worry about
Wakefield 32 Wigan 6 Christopher Irvine
A wretched start to the week for Wigan Warriors with this thumping yesterday could get far worse, with the RFL due to reveal on Thursday the identity of three clubs purported to have breached last year’s salary cap, for which there is a maximum penalty of a 12-point deduction.
Wigan were stripped of two points last season for exceeding the £1.6 million salary ceiling. The ramifications are likely to be more severe this year if the Warriors are one of the miscreants and a points deduction is seen as appropriate.
Although still in fourth place, Wigan have only 18 points from nine wins after 18 rounds of the regular season and any docking of points could plunge them into a relegation battle similar to last year’s. They showed a startling lack of conviction, ideas and discipline at Belle Vue as they slid to a ninth league defeat and have little time to get over a dispiriting display before facing second-placed Bradford Bulls at home on Friday.
Having spent two weeks smarting over a lacklustre performance in their previous outing, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats nudged themselves into the top half of the table, a point behind Wigan, with a vibrant performance that was the antithesis of their 31-12 defeat by Warrington Wolves a fortnight ago. Brian Noble complained that his Wigan team were “out-enthusedâ€. The reality was that they were outclassed.
The sight of Richard Moore, the hefty, bald-headed prop, marauding his way up the left flank and outpacing Mark Calderwood, supposedly one of the engage Super League’s niftiest wings, for Wakefield’s sixth try encapsulated the Wildcats’ joy and Wigan’s despair. Moore kissed the ball as he went over the line. “I’ve told the wings to report for sprint training to keep up with him,†John Kear, the Wakefield coach, quipped.
With Maxime Greseque, the France stand-off, signed from Pia and due to make his debut against Salford City Reds on Friday, Ben Jeffries responded with an outstanding contribution. Whereas Jeffries controlled the game, Thomas Leuluai, the Wigan stand-off, was nowhere to be seen. Unusually, Trent Barrett surrendered his self-control. He was shown a yellow card for a high tackle on Adam Watene just a minute after being placed on report for a similar high challenge on the same player.
“I’d been saying to the players that Trent Barrett is the best player in Super League. I think they set out to prove me wrong,†Kear, who was also full of praise for Jason Demetriou, said. The captain destroyed David Vaealiki with his footwork for Wakefield’s opening try and continued to lead by example against laboured opponents. Wigan had, in fact, got across the Wakefield line three times in the opening exchanges, but only a try by Barrett stood. The Warriors were slow to react to Jeffries following up his own chip for the second Wakefield try and Demetriou was again the catalyst for the third as Matt Blaymire stepped past the stricken Chris Ashton.
Wigan, grateful for the half-time hooter, again slowed as Jeffries and Sean Gleeson, a recent Warriors cast-off, combined for Peter Fox to go over on the right. Brett Ferres’s conversion made it 22-6, but for all Noble’s prompting at the break, Wigan could repeat none of Wakefield’s penetration and finishing. Indeed, the Wildcats mopped up everything thrown at them with almost contemptuous ease.
Fox was denied a further try for an obstruction by Jeffries in the build-up. Undaunted, and with Barrett in the sin-bin despite his remonstration with Richard Silverwood, the referee, Jeffries weaved his way beneath the posts for a superb solo score. Moore’s try was the sugar coating to a splendid win.
“We don’t throw the baby out of the bathwater,†Noble said. “We get to put Humpty Dumpty together again on Friday.†Nonetheless, a difficult few days await.
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