assuming berrigan is staying (this is the rumours thread after all)

cordoba on an eu passport, as his family is spanish, so he could be an option for next year inplace of moa

The sooner people stop using the terms quota and kolpak and start using non-fed trained instead the sooner the confusion will cease.

everyone knows he likes to keep out the black n in the red!

It makes no difference FFS

The RFL rules now just refer to 'overseas' players and 'home trained' players.

TBH I'm only understand it as I read about it yesterday to see what the situation was for Hull.

I still dont fully understand how players like Gene etc can get exception to the quota?

Why do people keep saying about keeping Cordoba over Cusack, they have not even seen him play yet.

any why do you still have crocker as ya avatar??

As JTP said earlier, there was the potential for legal action from some players who'd been playing here since before there was a quota, had the legal right to work in the UK, and faced not having their contracts renewed due to lack of quota places. The 'Gene Exemption' was brought in to head off that threat.

Hi. Specualtion rather than rumours, but I didn't think this justified a thread of its own:

With Hull generally accepted to be having a clear out and having already announced the capture of some high profile (and therefore probably moderately expensive) players, I just wondered if you think any of your current big earners might have to make way?

I know the Crocker situation will have put you well under the cap this year. However, of the players that most of you want to see released, I'm guessing only Radford and maybe King will be on biggish money. Could one or two of your more desirable players be making way as part of the overhaul? I've seen Tickle and Raynor linked with other clubs.

there is a rumour that tickle is looking to move nearer to wigan,as his missus has failed to settle in hull and has moved back there,along with the kids.warrington have been mentioned and he is on a decent salary.as for the rest,thackray maybe on a half decent salary along with motu tony,but the likes of tommy lee,graeme horne,sam moa etc will be on a lesser scale.club ought to get rid of king and radford,past their best now.tickle would be a big loss,but wouldn't blame him if he wanted to be nearer his wife and kids

World class RL player.

Exactly, thats why I still have him in my sig. I always liked him many years ago, plus the fact I cant be d to change it lol.

Don't think anyone's said for sure they would have they? Just that it would be nice to have the option of keeping him or Moa if they impress between now and the end of the season. It's only the same as the club renewing Radford's contract so early (which has also been heavily criticised on here), with the added overseas complication. It just seems like the club aren't learning to keep some options open, instead of tying players down when better opportunities might emerge. I don't think that's a particularly unfair view.

Noooo we don't want him here......theres not enough gum to satisfy him in Hull anyway!

Motu Tony and Todd Bryne will have been on quite a bit I reckon and also Yak's deal is rumoured to be reduced.

no its brenton his cousin been released from titans

his missus left him last year he like with thacks now

warrington after him apperanrlty though

Just because Brenton Bowen has been released doesn't mean we are looking at him.

I'm with you on Radders, could have gone for someone like Gilmour instead. The thing is Cordoba was never planned to be here to look at, its a last minute thing due to a run of injuries so I don't think the club can be blamed for that tbh.

too many nights on the ale with the rest of them will have surely sickened his missus

I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm blaming the club for making a cock-up. Just pointing out that a lot of the current problems can be at least partly attributed to poor recruitment/retention clogging up the squad with too many non-startling grafters, yet we seem to have done a similar rush job with Cusack yet again. What good reason was there to sign him up again so early when he's out injured? We should have waited until at least August IMO, and see what other options are out there (or indeed already here) for our overseas spots.

The only thing I can think is that it was a key factor in Fitzgibbon. And I'd be very disappointed if that were the case.

As daft as it sounds, although I have previously said I think we should only have one of Radford or Tickle, I've now changed my mind. Radford is unquestionably a prop now IMO, so with him being signed up I would actually be tempted to give him Cusack's role and try to better use the overseas spot left.

Radford's no where near up to the standard of Cusack and there is no way Radford could play the minutes Yak does.