The euro/pound exchange rate hasn’t been above or usually anywhere near €1.20 for a long time so using €1.45 is fair to all the other clubs ?
Is it fair to Leigh who were relegated by playing a club in a knockout match who were allowed to use the equivalent of £1.20+ to each £1 Leigh could use to fund their team.
Is it fair to Salford, Wakefield, Wigan and others who were fined and docked points for much smaller transgressions in the same period ?
Is it fair that Leeds are in the qualifiers when one club is either openly cheating or at best morally cheating at the behest of the RFL by using a long out of date exchange rate to ‘cook the books.’
The exchange rate on February 1st was €1.14 to the £1 which would have given Catalans so £1.9m x €1.14 is €2.166m. Surely the rate at the start of each season should be used or a capped rate at best of €1.20
At €1.45 x £1.9m is €2.755m a huge 27% increase in what they could spend and claim to be within the salary cap.
This is actually scandalous in a live salary capped game, the Catalans wouldn’t have had cap space to sign Drinkwater and Edwards the two big difference makers to their team the difference between top 8 and Wembley or a berth in the qualifiers.
Leigh should be promoted to an expanded Superleague next year and this nonsense stopped before the RFL goes beyond ridicule as if this is what happens on their watch it’s time someone else took over