before you even apply for the visa the rfl have to sanction your application other wise it stands no chance of being granted

we should know we had 2 players

dan russell and sia makisi who the rfl refused to back visa applications for

in russell case they said he did not meet the qualifying crietria even though it was pointed out to them he had played more NRL games than van dyke still no luck

with makisi they said they same and that they could not find any evidence he played for tonga so refused to back his application, when they were then provided with said evidence they then said he was not of quality to add anything to our game

in both case neither got any where near applying for thie visas as with out rfl approval it was pointless

the RFL will have had to approve the celts applications for them to be submitted

so for them to come out and say applications are between the player and the border agancey is BS

2 me this has 2 be a cover up orcestrated by rfl 2 allow celts in cos they want moneybags in there. i fink rfl knew all along but now they bin busted along wif corrupt ppl at celts who now not sayin owt cos they kno they cant say owt 2 defend it

if we done same wed be chucked out quiker than you cn say 'expansion' its a load of ballz

yer init!

yeh, but no, but yeh, but no.

RFL did a great job keeping our halves out of the country, somebody must have been on holiday when these sneaked through, with the RFL being an open, honest and unbiased organisation.

Indeed.

The silence from Red Hall is deafening!

A complete and utter Joke Shop!

Not nice of Mr Wood and Mr Lewis to give fans the finger!



Time to send them packing?

Another nice mess.......!

Yes quite right, they were all on holiday visas! So, taking the Greg Bird scenario beggering off to Les Cats, what if any of those players signed for either of said French teams? As they are banned from our shores for 10 years (as I thought Bird was) would they still be allowed to travel to play rugby?

No. They could only play in home games.

Because, I believe, he was refused a visa but will be able to visit the UK with his French team to play games whereas the "Celtic 6" have actually been banned from entering the UK for the next ten years.

I know this is old news but I have been away on my jollies.
This is a total and utter disgrace, they gained promotion (twice) with some of these players if not all?
In athletics you are stripped of your titles if caught drug taking - this is similar in that its 'cheating' in that they gained an 'unfair advantage' over the rest of us. They should be punished for this big time and have their titles stripped.

The good thing for us and the rest of the Chapionship sides is that it kncoks the credibility of the Celtic Crusaders in the RL 'community' and the wider public. It may mean they go backwards and maybe results in them giving up their franchise.
Come on they are just not fit for SL end of story and never will be imo.

Im athletics their governing body is not corrupt unlike ours!