So now we dont have ' dual ' contracts , ie agreements between SL and Championship clubs which will benefit both and also give fringe players more 1 st team experience

We now have agreements that allow these players to be loaned out to a third club and therefore not be available for the Championship club at all

Yet another joke

You what?

Starbug's on the warpath tonight.



RFL

Sean Ainscough , W1g4n winger on a dual contract with the Pies and Widnes has been loaned out to Cas to replace Richard Owen , so he could in effect play for 3 different clubs in 3 weeks


Just another kick in the nuts for Championship clubs and their fans

Yup, looks that way. The "Dual" contract system was always weighted in favour of the SL club and that was fair enough. Championship club knows the risk (of injuries etc.) and takes their chances. This turn of events is a stinker though. Almost certainly not covered in the drafted "rules" when clearly it should have been.

Have the RFL had any say in this arrangement? It may not be against the letter of the "law" but surely it is against the spirit?

Ainscough has gone left Widnes and gone on loan to Cas, he is now on a tri contract

Just to highlight the absurdity of this, part of the loan agreement with Cas is that he can't play for them against Wigan on 21st March. Could he theoretically play for Widnes that weekend instead ?

Possibly, but as much of a talent the lad is picking and choosing matches will only unsettle the squad

No, Widnes play Fax on the 18th. I hear he's being lent to Leigh in their match against Whitehaven on the 21st.

What a whore

I've heard he is playing 40 minutes for each side in both of those matches.

Maybe we could just have a weekly auction , all SL players not playing any given weekend could be auctioned off to the highest Championship bidder

Sound like a plan to me

" Oi , Richard , Nige , how about this ? "

Classic

Leigh would still feck that one up. Rowley will scratch his ear at the wrong time and end up with Terry Newton.

Have boots, will travel.....

More loan agreements than HSBC that lad

That's fair enough. Why would he want to play for the tinpot semi pro league teams when a Super League team want him?

Not sure, but 3 of yours do.

Like shooting fish in a barrel ,

Oh jesus, this is a silly one..
I can't explain that, they could have had Kevin Penny!

What was interesting was that Wigan came out and thanked Widnes for allowing the dual contract to be cancelled - the club who benefits from this i.e. Cas, couldn't bring themselves to show the same courtesy.

It appears that although we had the choice to say no, there wasn't much point as we also have Laim Farrell on dual contract and Ben Davies on loan. No doubt had we refused to cancel Ainscough's dual deal, Wiagn would have recalled all 3 players and we wouldn't have been able to make any more dual deals.

We basically have allowed Wigan to all over us and thanked them for doing so. IMO Widnes should have told Wigan where to go. Having Davies and Farrell on loan helps us out a tad, but I very much doubt either player is going make much difference to our season overall.

Here is an idea, albeit a crazy one. Why not produce your own players rather than rely on Wigan to send you youngsters.

Soo Widnes and Leigh have been piddled on by wigan this year in relation to this.
Shoulda come to Wire for your dual contracters aye

Here's another one: Why don't superleague teams release young players that they cannot afford to keep rather than relying on others to subsidise their paranoid desire to hang on to all the potential talent

Because the standard of player you receive now is superior to that lot.

you obviously don't take any notice of the academy leagues then? and also in our first team squad we have about 10 homegrown players! get your facts right before making a complete tit of yourself.............