As stated, I needed all bases covered - an all circumstance policy(ies)!
Health, liability, inability to work, illness, etc! They simply would not consider granting temp/perm visas unless I had these in place first. I would have thought Tangi may well have such cover given his occupation puts him at risk of injury - costly too, but even most costly if you are not covered.

The RFL are doing their best to ruin this game , with superleague being a private members club etc . Bringing civil action into the fray will finish the game as a contest.

Whatever you think of Chases tackle , how many more mistimed or otherwise tackles do we see week in week out, none done with the intention severely injure the player. Will every tackler be hauled before the courts.

Do we really want this game to go tig and pass (or mostly kick) like union.

Time to let the authorities deal with it and stop using it to score brownie points, especially if its nowt to do with your team ........................................... capiche polecats ? Its a cas , fev thing so off you go back to your bucket collections

To be honest (at the risk of interfering in a "cas, fev thing" - I'm not a "polecat" though) I wouldn't generally advocate legal proceedings outside the game's disciplinary, but you can't close the door on it altogether. There have to be limits to what you accept as "part of the game" and you can't just do whatever you want and be immune to prosecution because you did it on a rugby field.

I would personally feel that Chase's tackle remains within the confines of things the game should deal with. I may, of course, feel differently if it was my jaw and my income that was affected.

I think the powers that be legal or otherwise need to take all angles into consideration when deciding which road to take this down to be fair to all concerned..

good post

If he came to our offices for advise he would be told not to bother.

To sue someone for loss of earnings etc would mean he has no insurance (which I think every club has to have), if this turns out to be the case, his claim would be against Featherstone Rovers RLFC, not Rangi Chase as Featherstone Rovers have a duty of care and not having insurance to guarantee his wage is negligence.

Another note too, the majority of the thread on the VT is full of libelous material, here's whyI would personally feel that Chase's tackle remains within the confines of things the game should deal with.'"