Wests Tigers won't appeal a loss to North Queensland despite the NRL saying it needs to clarify the captain's challenge rule as a result of the controversy.
The Tigers still hold the Cowboys don't have the right to challenge a play late in the game that allowed a match-winning penalty to be awarded.
The club will not pursue legal action despite a fiery statement that the wrong team won the match, despite the fact that it will accept the NRL's call.
The statement said that the Wests Tigers should have won the match because of the concession made by the NRL that the obstruction penalty was erroneous.
The history books won't record it that way, because everyone knows it. Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis and chief executive Justin Pascoe met with NRL heavyweights Peter V'landys, Andrew Abdo and Graham Annesley last Thursday.
The Tigers said that the NRL admitted sufficient ambiguity in the rule to allow their interpretation.
They said independent legal advice determined they would not take further action despite a senior counsel seeing cogent arguments.
The Tigers said they did not believe that a legal challenge would be in the best interests of the rugby league.
Wests Tigers is not prepared to commit to what would be speculative litigation, because of the cogent arguments that are available to both parties, and is at best inherently risky.
While the NRL accepts the last-second escort penalty given to the Cowboys was wrong, it does not agree with the Tigers' complaint that no challenge was legally permitted as no penalty was made on the field and the siren went.
The NRL has maintained that the Cowboys were challenging play stopping after the full-time siren, as they believed a penalty had occurred.
The governing body has conceded that it needs to review the rule so there is clarity regarding captain's challenges.
The rule needs to be reviewed at the end of the season in order to ensure there is no future misunderstanding as to the intent and application of the rule, the NRL statement read.
Wests Tigers will be consulted as part of the review, along with other interested clubs and stakeholders.
The NRL acknowledges the professional and respectful manner in which the representatives of the Wests Tigers have pursued their concerns on behalf of their club's members and fans.