The RFL have not confirmed those three players and clubs are under investigation, but Dewsbury’s Sam Wood, Doncaster’s Ben Crooks and Batley’s Jacob Fairbank all played last weekend having played less than the three games required to make the cut., could donny lose there 1pt if true ?? www.totalrl.com/rfl-launch-dual- ... stigation/

The RFL have not confirmed those three players and clubs are under investigation, but Dewsbury’s Sam Wood, Doncaster’s Ben Crooks and Batley’s Jacob Fairbank all played last weekend having played less than the three games required to make the cut., could donny lose there 1pt if true ?? www.totalrl.com/rfl-launch-dual- ... stigation/

I reckon it'd be a flat deduction of 3 points - the result's irrelevant.

Very interesting to see what the RFL will do if proven,not forgetting we were thrown out of the Challenge Cup,i would think points deduction would be appropriate

Wishfull thinking but none of them play in Bue and White and start with H and end in X so no punishment there other than a fine and a rap on the knuckles.

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Let the squirming begin....

Be interesting to see if Sam Wood (Bradford) plays on Sunday as I am sure the RFL will not have completed their investigation by then.

It does make you think that the RFL should actively manage this before it happens by submitting a list of eligible players to the match officials to check against before the ko of any game?

Another by product of the plague that is dual-reg.

Should be ok. Bradford don't have the money to pay too much salary!

Imagine the shenanigans next season.....

B3:17:1 Dual Registered Players who have a Salary Cap Value of £20,000 or more i.e. those who receive a category A, B, C or D classification, must have played in at least three League or League Cup fixtures for the Championships club that season before the end of season registration deadline which applies in that Competition in order to play in games which fall after that deadline whether they be regular season or Play Off games.

hear hear

This doesn't reflect well on Rugby League and to minimise the chance of it happening and the uncertainty it brings at an important stage of the season the RFL should have sent a list to all the dual reg clubs outlining who was eligible from the deadline.

I hope Batley don't lose any points, would hate a decent club to get relegated on a technicality.

Don't worry about Doncaster they are not good enough to clinch second.

Whilst the investigation is ongoing, I would assume that the players will not be allowed to play future games to avoid making the issue worse. If found they were eligible, I would be pretty annoyed if it were my club especially if they lost and were relegated.

In the RFL world the game last weekend will probably count so that they become eligible to play on.

Welcome to the crazy world of Nigel Wood!!!!!

You would hope it was upto the clubs whether to play them, those who were confident that their case was watertight could go ahead and play them knowing the risks, those who think they've messed up would leave them in the stands.

Well we played Ostick and I can't believe for one minute the club were aware of the situation considering the potential( and actual) impact it would have.

Likewise with Donny, could completely scupper their season.

Neither the Club, the club we played or the RFL until a supporter of the club we played read it on here.
Loose lips sink ships.

My head hurts just reading that.

Got to admit, it does make pretty dry reading. Its like a 3d sudoku puzzle trying to figure out what it means.

If you ever struggle getting to sleep, I recommend reading the rules on salary cap.

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I would be surprised if any club really understands all the rules...

I'm afraid it's the responsibilityof each & every club to know whether or not their players are eligible for any competition, simple as that.

I can`t believe that someone from our Club didn`t know about this as the player certainly did , if they didn`t then it was negligence on someones part however the fact it was mentioned on here did alert the other club and the RFL . It should never have come to that though he should never have been played and it wasn`t as if he did anything in the match anyway .
I`m sorry to say although it seems harsh I have no sympathy whatsoever ,if you play ineligible players for whatever reason it`s the Clubs responsibility and they know the rules. It`s up to who ever has the job of keeping an eye on these things at the club to do their job correctley. Why should the RFL be looking at every player ,from every team, every week and sending out notices to every team saying " You can`t play player A this week `cos he was banned for 3 weeks , can`t play player B at another club re` CC cup tieing and then all the Duals . It`s not their problem it`s the Clubs .

I don't disagree I was merely pointing out that on this occasion it MIGHT never have come to light if someone hadn't posted it on here.

I also agree that it is down to the club, you should know exactly who is playing for you and their current status and availability.

Why wouldn't they post it on a social networking site ? It doesn't matter how the info gets out does it ? The fact that someone is inept in their job is the problem. I pointed something out similar in an email to some of the club directors within the last 12 months and two directors replied that they don't really understand twitter, facebook etc. That doesn't make it right though, the fact that the players & employees are briefed about such behaviour & still partake in it is the problem, a bit similar to gambling on a game you might be playing in !

I agree too it is the responsibility of the club to know who is eligible, but it's also in the interest of the wider game to avoid incidents like this and it would have been better all around if the RFL had advised clubs on player availability.

Interesting that the player in question for Dewsbury played again today...