Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:57 pm  

In the mission impossible Wigan played 4 games in one week and did not refuse to play a game!

Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:10 pm  

wiganermike wrote:

Cas haven't said they can't play due to Covid cases, they don't meet the required threshold to do so. They just said they can't raise a team, so according to the operational rules they have to forfeit the tie. That is why Saints get the 24-0 win. Our game was called off due to an above threshold number of Covid cases in the opposition squad so our game will be rearranged if possible or cancelled if it can't be fitted in.

Don't be confusing people with facts, it spoils the fun.

Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Tue Jun 29, 2021 5:37 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Don't be confusing people with facts, it spoils the fun.

They’ve got injuries in the first team but also said they can’t call from the academy because of covid isolation so technically they could raise a team but can’t because of covid.

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Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Tue Jun 29, 2021 7:15 am  

MR FRISK wrote:

In the mission impossible Wigan played 4 games in one week and did not refuse to play a game!

Because we had enough fit players.

Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:40 am  

FIOS wrote:

They’ve got injuries in the first team but also said they can’t call from the academy because of covid isolation so technically they could raise a team but can’t because of covid.

That makes no sense.

The reason it is called off is because Cas cannot raise a team through a combination of injuries AND Covid, rather than through Covid alone (as per the threshold).

Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:44 pm  

Where does the 24 come from? Is it a fixed penalty, or does someone just pull a figure out of the air?

Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:46 am  

moto748 wrote:

Where does the 24 come from? Is it a fixed penalty, or does someone just pull a figure out of the air?

its universal I think, used to be 18-0

Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:18 am  

moto748 wrote:

Where does the 24 come from? Is it a fixed penalty, or does someone just pull a figure out of the air?

No idea why that is the figure, but it is standard for all levels of rugby league. Personally I think it should be more like 80-0, to reflect that they would presumably have taken a real battering if they had played with what was available.

Re: Saint's awarded a 24-0 win over Cas : Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:59 pm  

FIOS wrote:

They’ve got injuries in the first team but also said they can’t call from the academy because of covid isolation so technically they could raise a team but can’t because of covid.

Correct there mate. We could have raised a 17 by including academy players but 2 have tested positive and all the rest have to isolate. Unfortunately academy players don't count towards the 7 needed to cancel.