Re: Disrespect : Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:50 pm
TheArmChairRef wrote:
The rules are very clear you must put out your strongest team a 4 point deduction and a fine
The rules state a club can pick any of its nominated first team squad of 25 any time it likes. That covers the selection of several of the younger players today.
They also state to pick any players outside that squad of 25 because of injuries or illness the club has to give written medical evidence to the RFL.
I am certain Wigan will have complied with all of that.
So the RFL's rules on "full strength" are very broad to say the least. Hence the kind of Wigan team we saw today while clearly what people consider to be a reserve side certainly wasn't against the rules.