Out of interest do the RFL have to sanction/gain visibility of overseas player contracts or do they just rely on the clubs to comply with UK immigration legislation?

It's one hell of a mess and a real blow to the expansionists dream of supplanting RL in the extremities at the expense of the core geographic.

Be interesting to see if the RFL make a public comment.

They've said they won't make any public comment.

In a strange way this may end up the making of them - as they're going to have to put the Welsh lads in now.

Unfortunately the next game is against Leeds at Newport.

The big thing that's gone wrong here is they sold the ground.

Maybe the celtic illegal immigrants should open a hand car wash like the poles ....

I thought the big thing that has gone wrong was that they were accelerated through the rank and file of the Rugby Football League, at the expense of other clubs, and have scarcely sufficient local support to justify a position in the Co-op Championship?

It's sheer folly.

Mwah-ha-ha

They promised widnes that it not go against us as we had all the criteria.But of course rfl can change like the weather.Stobarts and oconnor wont go bust and he offered £500,000 to prove our financial clout under him.Nevermind another excuse be made not to let us in the next time.Expansion frogs or gateshead or scotland.

They're not illegal, though, being in the EU and that.

The Australian players in question are illegal immigrants - by definition. The poster didn't say the Poles were illegal immigrants just that they open hand car washes. Devil is in the detail.

Why should it be the end for the Celts? At least 4 of the 6 were going home at the end of the season anyway. The organisation will be much better next year. Look at Les Catalans in their first season. They were a washout, look at thm now.
This 'bring back Widnes' thing is rubbish. Widnes made a reckless gamble and failed. They then went straight into administration and nearly disappeared.
The joke is that an 'Intelligence led' enquiry has got 6 Australian Rugby players kicked out of the Country.

Write a letter in to the Daily Mail to express your indignation.

I agree with that - at least they are productive members of the country, contributing to taxes and all that. It's the scavs that should be caught and chucked out.

Do you mean anybody who is non-productive or just "foreigners"?

Admittedly, it's an embarrassment for the game, but things could be worse. Our headlines could include a Club seriously rocked by an end of season drugs scandal and a player admitting being a Coke addict, and a Club found guilty of blatent cheating followed by a cover up in an attempt to win a game.

Graham you know better than to do this on here, sadly.

it's bigot time!

Piss poor.

Celtic and the RL should take the heat for this.

I was quite shocked at the provenance of the remark.

An oasis of sanity.

The argument that just because there are a lot of domestic dole bludgers and criminals, doesn't mean that we should stop allowing new ones in. At least we have the right to say no to people wanting to cross the borders.

Me and my Student Loan are outta here.

how will this affect their playoff charge

Right behind you, mate.