www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/23 ... -crusaders Fill your boots springs to mind.

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/23 ... -crusaders Fill your boots springs to mind.

I knew that would happen. Have they got any forwards worth having?

Fair decision but I hope we don't sign any. rovers will be filling their boots no doubt

O'hara , Chan or Mellars

so, the RFL have basically admitted that their rules are unenforceable in law

Hudg will love this

Have they? Or have they stepped in to make sure that the Crusaders players don't suffer due to the actions of the cowboys 'running' the club?

For all the flack I and many others have given the RFL over the years I think this decision is very sensible as the players contracts are now void through no fault of their own, and could have struggled getting another job to support their families etc.

Now, now, now... with the Heremaia dispensation, you've abandoned the moral high ground on this.

It's a common sense decision - I'd like to think they'd have taken care of Wakefield's club-trained players at least, in the same way.

Is it getting to the point where the fed-trained rule is more trouble than it is worth? Good on paper, but... It isn't well understood by fans, it's leaky as hell (though this will diminish), it potentially creates strange inconsistencies (the 20 year old convert from Union, for example - though you'd assume he'd get a dispensation) and it makes life more complicated for clubs (alongside the quota, the cap and club-trained rule). Maybe with the NRL about to become much wealthier, perhaps it is also going to be a bit pointless.

Wonder if Bradford knew about this before they gave Sammut only a one year deal?

Hanbury?

Can't say I like this, I don't know about the legalities but it would have been better to have had a dispersal draft, like in the US. The bottom team picks one player first, the second bottom etc. If not all clubs want to participate they could just pass. That would at least distribute the imported players around otherwise one or two clubs could end up with a team full of imports.

Would love us to get Witt but we have enough halves now.