Quote Sarahgrhino="Sarahgrhino"didnt thackray play the other year when he shouldn't have and hull were still allowed in the ocmp and even got to the final if i remember ....'"
Yes.
If I remember rightly, the letter of the law said that Hull had committed a breach of RFL regulations. The problem however was that the RFL had not set a penalty tariff for anybody who did breach the regulations, meaning that they couldn't expel Hull from the tournament. IIRC, Hull received a suspended fine.