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Castleford are considering legal action after Wigan were deducted four points for breaching the salary cap.
Last season the Tigers were relegated from Super League after finishing three points below Wigan in the table.

Castleford chief executive Richard Wright says his club feel "cheated" and criticised the Rugby Football League for not acting more promptly.

"We asked the RFL to deal with this in October, as everyone knew that this was going to happen," said Wright.

"Doing so could have avoided what we believe to be one of the biggest injustices in the history of the sport.

"In simple terms a four-point deduction last year would have kept us in Super League and we felt that we had done enough to achieve that aim - including defeating Wigan both home and away."

We will continue the fight to gain what we believe to be our rightful place in Super League

Richard Wright

Castleford were relegated despite not finishing bottom of the table because French side Catalans Dragons cannot be relegated in their first three years in Super League.

Wigan, who were docked two points last season for breaching the salary cap in 2005, eventually finished eighth in the 2006 campaign.

"We are both devastated and angry," said Wright. "We fought hard and fairly to retain our place in Super League.

"As a club we will now have to sit down with our legal advisors and determine what steps to take next and will be doing so in the very near future.

"We will continue the fight to gain what we believe to be our rightful place in Super League.

"Things were very tight throughout the campaign and just one example of how we feel cheated is that we were outbid by Wigan in our efforts to bring Michael Dobson to the club, a player who was hugely influential in their avoiding the drop."

Wright also queried the amount Wigan are reported to have broken the cap by.

"The news last night raises more questions than answers, not least as to how the maths work in terms of £220,000 being just a 6% breach of a salary cap set at a £1.7m ceiling," he said.

"We hope that all of the details of the case will be made public. What punishment is it to Wigan to be deducted four points this year? It seems to us very little, if any at all."