They cannot be serious !

16-12 with 19 minutes remaining and they say the result will stand.

How very convenient for them.

It makes a mockery of the competition that Hull made a mockery of by playing ineligible players last season.

And they wonder why interest in the Challenge Cup is waning !!

I wonder why you've included that?

Back on topic, seems a fair decision to me. Would you recommend playing it again with the potential for trouble from Queens? Get them together for 19 minutes and see what happens? Queens caused the trouble, they lose out.

Play it behind closed doors if they must. Simple.

And I mentioned Hull because they ruined last year's competition in my eyes and those of many others. A joke that they appeared at Wembley.

seems reasonable to me....to let the result stand.

Let's see - Queens' "fans" start fighting with their team narrowly losing and the authorities decide to let the result stand. All seems fair enough to me. I take it from your user name that you suppport Queens?

Me too.

Please explain why Donny shouldn't go through. I'm a Hull supporter and believe we should have been kicked out last year, so i think the RFL have got this right.

More than 60 minutes had been played, so why shouldnt the result stand?

The game could have been abandoned for another reason (Snow, Fog, Pack of Dogs on the pitch ect) and the same outcome would have been decided.

Pack of dogs in the stand

Pretty sure 62 minutes has to be played to let the result stand.

Pretty wrong then. 60 mins is needed.

Ditto. And sends out a message.

60 minutes or more gives the RFL the option of letting the score stand as a result.

And I see no point in ordering a replay against a team that, if it didn't go out as a result of the score, should be thrown out of the comp.

60minutes. ie 75% of the game.

Its in accordance with the rules and a nice neat way to wrap the whole thig up without too much fuss from either team - neither set of club officials can complain if its in accordance with the rules.

The RFL "Compliance" people have been asked to look into the incident though and I'd suspect that the home clubs security/stewarding procedures might be questioned but no doubt that will all be settled quietly behind closed doors.

Sounds good to me

There are of course always two sides to every story, the team in this instance had nothing to do with the incident at all.

is this some kind of wind up?

or do you really live in dreamland?

This is professional Rugby League FFS , it takes more to plan a game than arranging who's mums doing the bacon butties. First you need a venue a closed doors fixture will not pay the rent for the keepmoat or an alternative venue.
As for Hull

WTF as that got to do with it? we are talking about our sport being made a joke with the chavites fighting . If any justice is served Queens will be disbanned.

..other than applauding it from the pitch....or didn't that happen?

...and who were they applauding, you're obviously convinced that they were applauding the morons who were fighting.

On the other hand don't every team applaud their own (genuine) support at the end of a game, or didn't you think about that ?

The cynic in me thinks that the Queens supporters kicked off to get the game abondoned anyway. Its just that they were all that fuelled up they left it 2 minutes late!

I think you're making the mistake of crediting the thugs with the ability to think and plan ahead.

Hull beat everybody (barring Saints) that was put in front of them. People tend to forget that the RFL didnt notice that Thackery played two games in the competition, and it wasnt all Hulls fault

There was actually less stewards per supporter at last nights game
between Donny Rovers and QPR, But there was no trouble.

I take it you were there then?

I was.

Let me tell you that THREE players were involved and they are on CCTV.

Also another player is on CCTV doing something which should see him
get a ban if not for life at least for a couple of years.

Don't ask me because I can't say what it is while it is under investigation,
but when/if it comes out you'll know exactly what I mean.