I agree with you I would rather young local talent given the nod instead of bringing in journeymen Aussies/Tongans/Kiwis etc who happen to have a grandparent who spent 2 weeks holiday in Malta

or something daft like that


The point I was arguing is I don't think people would be hyper critical if we had a team of johnny foreigners if we were winning trophies etc. Luckily we as a club have brought through a fair few young talented kids and hopefully we will continue to do so. As things progress we will see less Imports and more homegrown talent and we may well end up being one of the front runners, because a lot of clubs are too happy to bring in journeymen as a quick fix instead of looking at the long term picture.

Nail on the head that post..

So if and a big IF (not likely yet) Rovers win anything next year (including the derbies) the reasons are simple. Too many foreigners.
Get them in early.

Double nail on head

If you want to see that many Australians in a team ..Get yourself down under

Says the fan of a team desperate to sign sammut.

Will Sharp was born in Nigeria but is that overlooked

Yes, and we could have got a super league franchise the easy way like you did with gateshead and all their australians...kettle and pot, goose and gander spring to mind.

Cough "Barry Lilley" Cough. Your half way to a NRL spot.

Based on what? 5 Australians and 12 Tongans that you are now apparently allowed to have in your squad? Never going to happen whilst some clubs are prepared to sign up to a set of principles to reach 5 overseas players with 4 years notice and when that time comes actually have 10 or 11.

What has that got to do with Hull FC or Rugby League?

Hull Fc didn't ask him to sit and drink with some guy in a grass skirt and beg for a visa.

I'll like to bet when they playing days are over the lot will go back to Australia ..Not Tongan or were they parents were born if outside of Auss

I got a reply regards my question about Moa and lauaki. The RFL are expected to make an announcement shortly clarifying the stuation

I got one of those too. Expecting "clarification" coming out of Red Hall to add anything other than more confusion is a bit optimistic IMO.

My money is on something along the lines of;

"We bolloxed things up and would have trouble successfully organizing a orgy in a brothel, or up in a brewery"

They'll revert back to eu and kopack passports off quota and you can only have 5 quota players.

The rule they've just spent 5 years trying to break from.

"RoversfeckupGaleapassportgate"

If that is true im even more confused as to why they have just binned it like they seem to have done.

Would be amazing if it was a case of "Rovers have messed of, Mason won't be registered!"

there is always a way round quotas/visas.gateshead have just signed an aussie


Gateshead have boosted their squad for the 2011 season with the capture of Australian full-back Mitchell Stevens.

[uThe 21-year-old qualifies to play in Britain through his ancestry [/uand Thunder director of rugby Chris Hood expects big things from Stevens.

"This is a huge signing for the club to attract a player of Mitchell's calibre. There are not many players of his ability in this league," he told the club's website.

"Mitchell has played at an extremely high standard and has shown a lot of commitment in signing for us, which he must be commended for.

"It has taken a while to agree terms but I must say that it has been a pleasure dealing with Mitchell, his father Brett and agent Paul Sutton, all who have work as hard as myself to make sure that the deal has gone through."

Stevens spent last season with North Sydney Bears but was sacked by the club after being found guilty of biting the ear of an opponent. He was suspended for ten weeks following the incident.

I have just been informed they are in the process of attempting to remove Jake Webster from the Quota.

Presumably Billy Slater is coming in to replace Briscoe

Sounds like a lovely chap!

Can we have Briscoe back then??

No ta!!!