WHERE MANLY’S SALARY CAP PENALTY RANKS

* 2002 – Ladder-leaders Canterbury are stripped of 37 competition points, ruling them out of the 2002 finals series, and fined $500,000 for salary cap breaches totalling $2 million over three years.

* 2006 – The Warriors are stripped of four competition points before the start of the season and fined $430,000 for breaching the salary cap by almost $1 million.

* 2010 – Melbourne are stripped of two premiership titles, three minor premierships, docked all competition points for 2010, fined $500,000 and ordered to return $1.1 million in prize money after over-spending the salary cap by $1.7 million over five years.

* 2014 – Gold Coast are hit with a $300,000 fine – $75,000 of which was suspended – over a salary cap breach involving former playmaker Scott Prince. A four competition point penalty was also suspended.

* 2015 – Parramatta receive a suspended four-point penalty and $465,000 fine for breaking all four salary caps across the NRL and under-20s squads.

* 2016 – The NRL issues Parramatta with a breach notice citing systemic rorting which had the squad about $570,000 over the salary cap. Penalties included a loss of all 12 competition points that season, a fine of $1 million, and loss of their 2016 Auckland Nines title.

* 2018 – Manly hit with breach notice determination that includes a $750,000 fine – $250,000 of which is suspended – and $330,000 wiped off their salary cap for both 2018 and 2019. NRL says it found $1.5 million in promised additional payments to players outside the salary cap during negotiations since 2014. No points are lost but the Sea Eagles say they have strong legal grounds for an appeal after denying the central allegations.