A three man committee, chaired by the Honourable Ian Callinan AO QC, with panellists Michael Cleary AO and Noel Kelly, found that the 'the evidence overwhelmingly supports” the club recklessly or negligently breached the salary cap for four season season from 2013 to 2017.
 
The Committee found the club had made third party agreement offers to players that weren’t revealed in their contracts.

It also found the club misrepresented third party agreements to the salary pap auditor that they had been entered into at arm's length from the club, and that the club had done it to obtain an unfair advantage.

The decision confirmed the findings of the Breach Determination against the club in respect of 11 of 12 player transactions, but there was insufficient evidence about one TPA for a player for $25,000 over two years.
 
The NRL has imposed a fine of $750,000 on the club for these salary cap breaches.  It also suspended two officials and applied a $660,000 penalty to its salary cap.
 
A statement added: “The NRL and the club have been invited to make submissions to the committee about what, if any, impact this finding should have on the penalty imposed on the club.”