I think we expected him to be far better then he was. We were expecting the Tim Smith that broke through at Parra but what we got was a lad who's had big problems and just isn't the same player.

Useless for us.

Tim Smith is the worst defender I have EVER seen play, not just for Wigan, but for ANY professional RL side. Atrocious.

Hull KR have now confirmed Con Mika whilst SL target Adam Cuthbertson (?) has signed for the Newcastle Knights.

Hull KR in overseas player signing shocker

And we still have a Non fed slot for another signing

The same signing that has been talked about as confirmed even though it hasn't been since around mid-September? Hardly new news just an actual confirmation.

And no doubt will be doing your best to fill

Hull Kolpak Rovers

We already have it's Shannon Mcdonnel. Where just awaiting official confirmation.

How many overseas (in the real sense of the word rather than quota sense) do Hul Kr have next season, can anyone post a list?

This isn't a dig by the way, I'm just interested.

NON-FED/Kolpak
(1) Blake Green
(2) Joel Clinton
(3) Constantine Mika
(4) Mickey Paea
(5) Shannon Mcdonnell (Not official YET)

OVERSEAS QUOTA PLAYERS
(1) Ben Galea
(2) Michael Dobson
(3) Jake Webster
(4) Joel Clinton
(5) Blake Green

We then have Lincoln Withers and Ryan O'hara who got dispensation from the RFL with the Crusaders mess. And Rhys Lovegrove who is technically Australian but counts on our Home-grown list due to the age when he signed for Rovers and being eligible for our academy teams. So we have 11. It would have being 9 as without Crusaders going bust we'd not have signed O'Hara and Withers.

Please will someone explain why Blake Green is non-fed/Kolpak. Born in Sydney, Aus and played for 3 NRL teams before joining HKR.

I think you've read it wrong. Those guys listed are the players taking up the 5 spots. So Blake Green is NOT fed trained.

So the answer to the actual question would be 13!!!

Wakey are hardly blazing a trail in the opposite direction either.

Are the KR fans generally embarrassed by these antics? Or is this bending of every rule something the club are applauded for?

It's not their fault, apparently.

They've only had 100 years to get a proper youth system in place and develop their own talent.

I guess if they storm the league next year, all's justified. The club just appears to operate in a very 'Up-Yours' kinda way. I don't know if this courts favour or criticism from their own?

Poor by HKR that.

They're doing exactly what I fear more clubs will do in years to come as English players get picked off by Union and the NRL and the NRL salary cap increases and that's filling their squad with cheap 2nd graders rather then trust their own youngsters.

You still technically have Taulapapa on your books also.

Him and McDonnel will be interchangeable on the lists I think.

Misi has now gone. He said on his twitter that he's reached an agreement with Rovers.

You struggling to count?

Shannon Mcdonnel
Jake Webster
Blake Green
Michael Dobson
Ryan O'Hara
Lincoln Wither
Mickey Paea
Joel Clinton
Ben Galea
Constantine Mika
Rhys Lovegrove

I make that 11 still very poor from Rovers. Hopefully this will be offset by some of the fantastic youngster coming through at Hull KR.

Blake Green Is Non Fed as he wasn't trained in England & Quota as he's an Australian, Same as Joel Clinton.

Pretty harsh considering some of the yougster we've got coming through Out of our 32 man squad 12 of those as I've discounted Lovegrove/Murrell have come through our academy.

HOMEGROWN
(1) Kris Welham
(2) Jordan Cox
(3) Liam Watts
(4) Louis Sheriffe
(5) Scott Taylor
(6) Aaron Ollett
(7) Rhys Lovegrove
(icon_cool.gif Scott Murrell
(9) Liam Salter
(10) Nick Johnson
(11) Sam Latus
(12) Rich Beaumont
(13) Chris Heil
(14) James Green

Our list is as follows

12 Home grown
9 Federation
11 Overseas

What's the problem 4 or 5 of our 11 can play for England or one of the other home nations!

Also no rules have been broken, I pay to watch the best rugby league on offer at club level. I am sure an Aus side wouldn't care if they played the whole New Zealand squad in the NRL so why should it matter here?

International level should be about where you are from or where your parents are from, nothing more. However as proven in our sport and others this isn't the case so why should club rugby be bound by stupid laws preventing us having as good a product as the NRL?

The Premiership wouldn't be the best league in the world if it wasn't filled with foreign players, don't hear many moan about that.