They're not first team squad members so would be outside the cap anyway wouldn't they? They're being sent out to develop. (And ones on dual reg are still in the cap if first team players)

This is completely different a player being loaned purely for salary cap reasons when wakey seem to be admitting that he'll not play for them.

From the look of the rules (see my post above) wire can, and probably are, still paying grix's wage, he's having treatment at wire but is counting on wakeys salary cap now so that wire can have sandow. No obvious benefit for wakey tho which is odd.

That is indeed strange...but maybe something yet to be revealed

The if, buts, and maybes are irrelevant. On 'deadline day' Brian Smith signed an injured player to free up cap space so his brother could sign a pivotal player to push for a top 4 place. It's a disgrace.

Let's see which players Warrington allow to go on loan to Wakefield next season before we pass judgement on them not getting a benefit, shall we?

Thought had crossed my mind... Wouldn't be surprised if wakey have been promised first dibs on wires youngsters next year

It's not the crime of the century so I won't particularly be getting worked up by it, but it's certainly not in the spirit of the cap or the game.

I'm surprised and disappointed that the RFL have allowed it. I don't see the difference in this or Wigan's attempts a few years back to defer payments on existing contracts in order to sign someone. They rightly copped a punishment.
With the live salary cap now then it shouldn't have been allowed.

Funny old place SouthStander

GH does his yearly announcement that "this is the best squad ever".........cue loads of "how dare he, squad is nowhere near as good as Year X"

Warrington swerve around the salary cap...."meh, we better not be hypocritical in case we do it too one day"

For all the talk of "would we be as critical if Leeds tried doing it?"......how about flipping it the other way. Would you be as unconcerned if Wire did beat HKR and then defeated us at Wembley and managed to get 4th spot and knock us out of the playoffs with Sandow starring both times? Considering what happened with Bradford in 2005 I doubt it.

I agree if wire had made the cc final and sandow was starting to star for them the reaction would be very different.

Whilst this must have been approved under the live cap surely the RFL won't have had B.Smiths candid comments.

I don't agree with the cap. So I'm not going to castigate a club if they find a loophole.

So Grix is retiring without playing for wakey. What a shame that wire missed out on the top 4 despite cheating the cap... m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/34261094

So Grix is retiring without playing for wakey. What a shame that wire missed out on the top 4 despite cheating the cap... m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/34261094

So if you have players come and do some weights at your club despite not being registered, you get fined.

Ride roughshod all over the spirit of the cap by sending a player on loan you know is never going to play for his loan club (and don't tell me Warrington didn't already know, how daft would you have to be to believe that?), and that's fine then?

Guess Phil Clarke's "rugby gods" must have been keeping a close eye on events at the HJ in recent weeks.