Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:31 pm  

dubairl wrote:

if he plays to he's potential thats a great signing.

That's if he gets to play, the video above shows that the best parts of his game seem to rely on the shoulder charge.

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:34 pm  

Ave It! wrote:

Salford sign prop Lama Tsai from Brisbane.

Is this for the 2014 season?

If so, how many non-fed players are going to be allowed for next season?

If there’s going to be an increase, then this appears to be a retrograde step by the RFL.

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:48 pm  

7 non-fed.

5 overseas.

It was in Monday's League Express and was news to me!

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:50 pm  

hindle xiii wrote:

7 non-fed.

5 overseas.

It was in Monday's League Express and was news to me!

So all SL clubs suddenly have 2 more non-fed places.

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:52 pm  

I've heard as of next season you are allowed 7 non fed players. However the quota remains at 5. If this is what the changes to SL in 2015 are gonna do then we are taking 1 giant step backwards. I know my club have utilised loopholes etc in the past but we are starting to see youngsters come off our production line and next season sees our overseas contingent fall by another 2. Increasing the non fed allowance will potentially throw all that good work out of the window.

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:56 pm  

hindle xiii wrote:

7 non-fed.

5 overseas.

It was in Monday's League Express and was news to me!

So, we’re going down to twelve teams where half the team could be from down-under.

So this is the master plan to nurture home grown talent in the future?

The way things are going, the only time we’ll get to see the England players will be at W.C’s & on Premier Sports.

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:59 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

So, we’re going down to twelve teams where half the team could be from down-under.

So this is the master plan to nurture home grown talent in the future?

The way things are going, the only time we’ll get to see the England players will be at W.C’s & on Premier Sports.

And the 8 club-trained has gone to 7.

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:10 pm  

hindle xiii wrote:

And the 8 club-trained has gone to 7.

That is such a backwards step its untrue! Should be going the other way.... Funnily enough there been no big news item on the rfl website to let us know the thinking behind these backwards steps...maybe thats because certain chairmen/owners havent written it for the rfl yet?

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:14 pm  

This all smells like a compromise with a certain Dr over the SC increase he wanted.

Re: 2013 Player Movements : Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:21 pm  

LifeLongHKRFan wrote:

I've heard as of next season you are allowed 7 non fed players. However the quota remains at 5. If this is what the changes to SL in 2015 are gonna do then we are taking 1 giant step backwards. I know my club have utilised loopholes etc in the past but we are starting to see youngsters come off our production line and next season sees our overseas contingent fall by another 2. Increasing the non fed allowance will potentially throw all that good work out of the window.

Its actually a fall of 3.
OUT Dobson, Paea, Mika, O'Hara, Withers and Patterson.
IN Costigan, Weyman and Keating.