: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:33 pm  

SDB wrote:

There was talk of him being "on loan" over in Aus wasn't there. If thats the case surely leeds can recall him from that loan once his Visa is here. Would have been a very shrewd move if so.......

In order for him to be "on loan" he would have to be registered with the RFL by Leeds.

In order to be registered with the RFL, he would need to have a valid playing contract with an RFL registered club.

In order to have a valid contract, he would need to have permission to work for a UK employer.

See where I'm going with this?

IMO you won't see Eastwood in a Leeds shirt full stop. Unless something happens to his motoring convictions which denied him a visa in the first instance (e.g. they become spent), or the UK Borders Agency changes its decision making criteria he's not going to get a visa meaning he won't be able to take up his 2010 option to leave in his Bulldogs contract.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:21 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

In order for him to be "on loan" he would have to be registered with the RFL by Leeds.

In order to be registered with the RFL, he would need to have a valid playing contract with an RFL registered club.

In order to have a valid contract, he would need to have permission to work for a UK employer.

See where I'm going with this?

IMO you won't see Eastwood in a Leeds shirt full stop. Unless something happens to his motoring convictions which denied him a visa in the first instance (e.g. they become spent), or the UK Borders Agency changes its decision making criteria he's not going to get a visa meaning he won't be able to take up his 2010 option to leave in his Bulldogs contract.

His motoring offence must have been bad,did he run over a family of Koalas?

Anyway Andy,how yer doing.
Long time since the Broughtons.

Do you still have vaseline hands?

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:53 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

In order for him to be "on loan" he would have to be registered with the RFL by Leeds.

In order to be registered with the RFL, he would need to have a valid playing contract with an RFL registered club.

In order to have a valid contract, he would need to have permission to work for a UK employer.

See where I'm going with this?

IMO you won't see Eastwood in a Leeds shirt full stop. Unless something happens to his motoring convictions which denied him a visa in the first instance (e.g. they become spent), or the UK Borders Agency changes its decision making criteria he's not going to get a visa meaning he won't be able to take up his 2010 option to leave in his Bulldogs contract.

If you look at the wording of the law he is refused on the basis that it is "is conducive to the public good" that is down to interpretation so is definately appealable
the appeal is heard by an independent judge here in the UK, even if the circumstances dont change he still has a chance of coming to the UK, the UK border agency is not making the decision

Re: well played Eastwood : Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:31 am  

digger47 wrote:

apparently Greg Eastwood had a storming game

Apart from letting in a try under the sticks with an half arsed attempt on Waterhouse, it now transpires that Eastwood failed to get his carcass off the field resulting in the Bulldogs having 14 players out there when they scored their match winning try. The Bulldogs have since been stripped of the two competition points.

So overall a fairly catastrophic debut.

Re: well played Eastwood : Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:48 am  

tvoc wrote:

Apart from letting in a try under the sticks with an half arsed attempt on Waterhouse, it now transpires that Eastwood failed to get his carcass off the field resulting in the Bulldogs having 14 players out there when they scored their match winning try. The Bulldogs have since been stripped of the two competition points.

So overall a fairly catastrophic debut.

Didn't a similar thing happen a few seasons with us, and all we got was a slap on the wrists? The NRL seems to be much sterner on infringments both on and off the field

Re: well played Eastwood : Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:16 am  

leicester_rhino wrote:

Didn't a similar thing happen a few seasons with us, and all we got was a slap on the wrists? The NRL seems to be much sterner on infringments both on and off the field

I don't think that was Leeds..... more likely one of the cheats like St Helens, Wigan, Bradford or Hull.

Re: well played Eastwood : Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:34 am  

leicester_rhino wrote:

Didn't a similar thing happen a few seasons with us, and all we got was a slap on the wrists? The NRL seems to be much sterner on infringments both on and off the field

Bradford did it. Against Wigan I think. But yeah they got away with it. Was about 2005