Castleford Eyes Legal Move Over Salary Row

Rugby league side Castleford Tigers are considering going to the courts after
rival Super League club Wigan were deducted four points for breaching the salary
cap.

Castleford, who were relegated from the Super League after finishing three
points behind Wigan last season, believe that governing body the RFL should have
acted more quickly in docking the points thus consigning Wigan to relegation in
place of Castleford.

Castleford chief executive Richard Wright says his club feel ‘cheated’ and
criticised the RFL for not acting more promptly.

‘We asked the RFL to deal with this in October, as everyone knew that this
was going to happen. Doing so could have avoided what we believe to be one of
the biggest injustices in the history of the sport.

‘In simple terms a four-point deduction last year would have kept us in Super
League and we felt that we had done enough to achieve that aim – including
defeating Wigan both home and away.’

Castleford were relegated despite not finishing bottom of the table because
French side Catalans Dragons cannot be relegated in their first three years in
Super League.

Wright also queried the amount Wigan is reported to have broken the cap by.

‘The news last night raises more questions than answers, not least as to how
the maths work in terms of £220,000 being just a 6% breach of a salary cap set
at a £1.7m ceiling.

‘We hope that all of the details of the case will be made public. What
punishment is it to Wigan to be deducted four points this year? It seems to us
very little, if any at all.’