The rules state that the team shall be deducted 3 points if they play an illegal player. It doesn't specify whether the points are earned legally or illegally. In each case, regardless of using an illegal player Varsities won the 3 points, surely they can only be deducted those 3 points? This was the case previously with Halswell and Coastal in the MWPL a few years ago. Mainland may be in a spot of bother. They need to be consistent at the very least.
The rules state that the team shall be deducted 3 points if they play an illegal player. It doesn't specify whether the points are earned legally or illegally. In each case, regardless of using an illegal player Varsities won the 3 points, surely they can only be deducted those 3 points? This was the case previously with Halswell and Coastal in the MWPL a few years ago. Mainland may be in a spot of bother. They need to be consistent at the very least.