REIGNING premier Nirranda has been cleared of breaching its player points allocation after an investigation found the Blues had not infringed their team total.
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AFL Western District conducted a probe into the Warrnambool and District league club’s allocation for a number of players after fears of a breach were raised on Thursday.
The review found the Blues had not breached their 45-point allocation, clearing the club of wrongdoing.
It did, however, find that certain players were incorrectly allocated points, resulting in both increases and decreases to rectify the error.
“The commission was satisfied these incorrect allocations were unintentional,” a statement, released on social media, read.
“However this serves as a reminder to Nirranda, along with all clubs that they need to ensure that all individual player point allocations are accurate to avoid breaches of the total team points cap and any subsequent enforcement provision.”
Nirranda president Jake Harkness said the club was “very pleased” with the outcome.
“It’s a weight off our shoulders. We’ve worked with (the commission) right through and they’ve been great. We commend the job they’ve done,” Harkness said.
“We were fairly confident we’d be okay. With a new system like this one, there are always going to be honest mistakes made by clubs.
“We’ll definitely be more vigilant from now on. It’s been a good learning curve for us and all clubs around the place, probably.”
The system was introduced in country and suburban football leagues statewide last season as an equalisation initiative that will also mean salary caps are enforced from next season.
Each registered player is allocated a points value, with those who have played a minimum of 40 junior games at a club worth one point and ex-AFL players worth the maximum six.