Melbourne salary cap storm rocks Australian rugby league

AUSTRALIAN rugby league is coming to terms with the one of the biggest scandals to ever hit the sport.

Melbourne Storm, who have dominated the National Rugby League for the last five years, were stripped of their 2007 and 2009 premiership titles after being found guilty of systematic salary-cap cheating to the value of more than €1.15m.

The NRL also took away the club’s three minor premierships from 2006-08 and ruled they will accumulate no competition points for the entire 2010 season.