Rugby Leeeeg 2010

Aye, it's totally bogus trying to pick on form. Souths and Warriors played like busted @rses today after being in outstanding form for the past few weeks. Both games were painful to watch.

I'm fairing a little better with 4-3. I assume you mean you are 2-5?

Yeah. 2-5.

THIS FORUM IS MUTHAFUGGING DEAD.

Ended up with a sh!tty 4-4 after Coastal Filth beat Soft Rainclouds.

Will have more details soon, but apparently the Melbourne Storm have been stripped of all points for this season, and any team achievements (including 2 premierships) due to massive, systematic rorting of the salary cap, including keeping duplicate books.

The Storm may well be dead after this.

LOLOLOL


The Melbourne Storm have been stripped of two premierships, three minor premierships and fined a total of $1.6 million for massive breaches of the NRL's salary cap rules.
They have also been stripped of all their competition points accumulated this season and will not be playing for points for the remainder of the season.
NRL chief executive David Gallop addressed a media conference in Sydney, outlining that an audit had found the Storm had been operating two sets of books to hide breaches from salary cap auditor Ian Schubert.
Additional payments amounted to $1.7 million over five years and $700,000 in 2010.
"They had a long-term system of effectively two sets of books and the elaborate lengths they have gone through to cover this up has been extraordinary," Gallop said.
"The club has furthermore been fined $500,000 and will be forced to return $1.1 million in prize money with the prize money being distributed evenly among the other 15 clubs."
While the Storm will lose their titles from 2007 and 2009, Gallop said neither losing grand finalists Manly or Parramatta will assume those titles.
He said the Storm would have noted what happened in 2002, when the Bulldogs were stripped of 37 competition points and fined $500,000 for breaching the cap.
"The rules are the rules, everyone in this competition knows them. Particularly after the Bulldogs, they knew the risk they were taking," Gallop said.
"There's no alternative for the NRL in terms of penalties."
When asked whether their would be legal implications for those involved, Gallop replied: "Most certainly."
John Hartigan, chairman and chief executive of club owner News Limited, said there could be further penalties against management and others involved.
"Today is a regrettable day in the history of the game," he said.
"I don't think there will be a league fan anywhere who is not outraged by what appears to be a highly orchestrated, deeply deceptive fraud in which there was systematic and deliberate concealment of unlawful payments to certain players over an extended period."
The investigations revealed the Storm maintained a dual-contract system, with the club confirming that side letters promising extra payments were stored in a secret file.
"The most damning indictment is the systematic attempt by persons within the club to conceal payments from the salary cap auditor and, it would now seem certain from the club's board and from its owners, on an ongoing basis," Gallop said.
"It was through this system that they were able to attract and retain some of the biggest names in rugby league.
"In doing so they have let down the game, the players and the fans of the Melbourne Storm."
Gallop said the Storm need to quickly find a way to rectify the situation to have any chance of regaining their status in the league.
"Certainly by the 2011 season they need to be operating within the salary cap and how they do that I'm not sure at this stage," he said.

spiv conspiracy????

who would have Dave Gallup's job???...must be the worst in Oz sport

qunts . . . dragons was robbed

the drags however have committed the ultimate breach of ethics ...the appointment of Whine bennet

fark off, you empty-sacked old blurter . . .

I actually support the dragons...same jumper and colours as old Sth Melb

absolutely cannot abide Ribot who set up the Storm

fark!

wonder how many books the blues and the cats keep these days?

I wonder if the fraud squad will be called in...some news Execs may be getting twitchy

tac wrote:qunts . . . dragons was robbed

Damn farkin straight.

Farkin cheatin purple qunts!!!!