Salford certainly deserve to be punished, but sadly that will do nothing to redress the damage that has already been done to the integrity of the competition. Rowley behaved like a petulant child with his ridiculous team selection and the nonsensical reasons he gave for it, and Salford basically chose to screw over the rest of the league just to make a daft point. Rowley has always come across as a prickly character, and you can now even lose the 'ly character' part from that description, it seems.

They & he have not done themselves any favours. I have moved them up the list of my least favourite teams (that will teach 'em).

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63 ... ebruary-17

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63 ... ebruary-17

Never liked Rowley, pity he wasn’t out there with a Salford shirt on facing the saints forwards, I’d would have paid to watch that

karetaker wrote:https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63461/salford-red-devils-%E2%80%93-statement,-february-17 A slam dunk of a case - bringing the game into disrepute via the national broadcaster and 400K+ viewers*. *https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/bbc-viewing-figures-for-controversial-salford-red-devils-defeat-revealed#:~:text=St%20Helens%20v%20Salford%20on%20BBC%202%20on%20Saturday.&text=2.7%25%20audience%20share.,413%2C000%20peak.&text=The%20game%20picked%20up%20an,times%20the%20peak%20was%20recorded.

karetaker wrote:https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63461/salford-red-devils-%E2%80%93-statement,-february-17 A slam dunk of a case - bringing the game into disrepute via the national broadcaster and 400K+ viewers*. *https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/bbc-viewing-figures-for-controversial-salford-red-devils-defeat-revealed#:~:text=St%20Helens%20v%20Salford%20on%20BBC%202%20on%20Saturday.&text=2.7%25%20audience%20share.,413%2C000%20peak.&text=The%20game%20picked%20up%20an,times%20the%20peak%20was%20recorded.

My opinion is nothing will come from it since this as gone on for far too long in the first place.

As it stands restrictions still in place this week and also a story going around the new CEO as left.

Looks like a solution has been found...... (Not before time). https://x.com/M_Shaw1/status/1892257700408410202

Looks like a solution has been found...... (Not before time). https://x.com/M_Shaw1/status/1892257700408410202

I get why Rowley has done it, regardless of the reason he gave, he picked that squad as a middle finger to the RFL. But he easily could have picked a competitive squad for saints and he should have done so. The restriction should have been lifted once the take over was completed, I hope they do lift it so we can all just get on with Rugby League as normal.
This has been a poop show for the fans and the Salford players, hopefully the new owners can turn them in to a competitive team year in year out without the circus that surrounds them.

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63 ... ebruary-20

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63 ... ebruary-20