I'm not certain, but I would guess that it's been a lot harder to get players in on loan once the SL clubs have DR agreements in place. Obviously in 2015 things should be a little different with the reduction in SL club numbers plus Leigh's ditching of DR and Swinton etc's relegations.

Fair enough but we Should have complete control of everything to do with our own team/club surely. It is so belittling to accept owt else. At the end of the day there are some people who may, grudgingly, accept our use of DR for a short period if it benefits us. I haven't met, or heard of anyone who actually wants us to use it or who even think it is morraly right, and I think that says it all. Percy's Moorhouses Santa's Spell 4.0 % Mmm!

Did we? Blimey I didn't know that.

But you have no nead to worry, you won't be there.
Bacardi and coke, dual Reg, 37.5 Mmmmm,

Of course we did, we played in challenge cup finals & won a championship with them amongst other things in the mid-late 80's, Hudd's point is that they weren't on dual/reg from Canterbury Bankstown or some other Aussie club, the were Halifax players for that period and only Halifax players.


I think the safest thing to do in Mr Marshall's situation now is to seek out "season-long" loan deals rather than dual-reg any players he's lining up from SL clubs if they're unable to sign permanent Halifax contracts. Who would that harm ? It's just a different title for the agreement between all parties concerned. Let's imagine the RFL ( or more to the point the greedy SL clubs ) drop the dual-reg system, it'd be termed "loan" deal anyway, just like in the past.

Well said, MM.