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Rule takes responsibility for error

Hull chief executive James Rule has accepted the blame for his club fielding an ineligible player in the last two rounds of the Carnegie Challenge Cup.

The east Yorkshire club have yet to discover their punishment for playing prop forward Jamie Thackray against Rochdale and Widnes - despite him being signed after the competition deadline closed - but they have been told they will not be thrown out of the competition.

"It is an administrative oversight and there has been a mistake made," Rule told the Hull Daily Mail. "I'm there to take the plaudits when things are going well, and naturally in this position you take the criticism when things are going badly. So as far as people need someone to blame, they can put the blame at my door."

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