here's what i've pieced together from talking to blokes next to rugby pitches...
the bloke played 2 games and was a decent 1st XV standard player but not a game breaker (not my opinion). apparently, this was through a genuine admin mistake on the part of box hill - nothing malicious. you could certainly make the argument it's fair to dock points for BH off this IMO, i mean accidently or not rules were broken.
HOWEVER, why is this only being addressed now? this was a round 1/2 indiscretion. surely decisions would've been made on the part of BH in light of having this info early. perhaps the team would've even lifted off the back of it.
awarding points retrospectively on suspicion is pretty ridiculous. when the melbourne storm were stripped of their premierships for salary cap breaches they didn't then award those premierships elsewhere. makes more sense for moorabin to get a go at finals if this is the case.
in summary:
- taking away points from BH seems fair, but why now? very suspect.
- awarding points retrospectively is stupid, they lost.