There is new salary cap for Super League

They have also agreed to use more homegrown talent and stage another round of games in Cardiff to build on the first Millennium Magic weekend.

It will calculate clubs' salary cap positions at the start of and during the season, with signings only allowed if they have room under the cap.

The 12 clubs will use the pro-active salary cap currently used in Australia.

RFL chief operating officer Nigel Wood said: "The current salary cap has served the game well but it has a number of drawbacks which we aim to put right under these changes.

Last year, Wigan and Bradford were both docked two points after being found guilty of breaching the salary cap in 2005.

The League have yet to reveal whether any clubs broke the salary-cap rules in 2006.

Hull and St Helens were both fined for minor breaches and Wakefield and Castleford received cautions