Whether we paid it or not, it was a spurious decision to fine us in the first place.
Other clubs had fielded weakened teams the week before Wembley in previous years without punishment. I think there were two factors to this that led to our fine:
1) We were due to play a bang in form Bratfud at Odsall, and expected to lose in a physical game even with a full team out. If we'd have gone to the bottom-placed club with a weakened team and lost, I think people would just have laughed at us getting egg on our faces and losing two points we'd have expected to win. But to write off a game we were expected to lose and rest our key players had fans hopping mad and the cynical nature of our actions.
2) It was Bratfud, and Chris Caisley was goldenbollocks to the RFL. And, of course, one of the Yaaarksher Mafia with control over the running of the game. Right from the off, he was throwing tantrums and demanding a heavy fine
As has been said, we had the fine quashed on appeal -
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...up-559904.html
It was a waste of time anyway, as the team next week just never got going and lost to the scum