its a good break for him he might get a better contract with first time

He's still got 2/3yrs left on his current one!!

It was a question rather than a statement.



Difficult for him to show when his first grade opportunities at Leeds are so limited.

Perhaps had Leeds not busted the import quota for 2010 by re-signing Donald we'd have seen. As it is will Leeds now lose Broughton and if they do.... for what?

Then you'd be wrong to question me
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While I expect Leeds to give 100% in all aspects of running the club to be as successful as it can be, I stop well short of wishing them to exercise loopholes left by the RFL.

Leeds have managed to get by without breaking the spirit of the quotas set in the past and still remain competitive despite doing so.

I enjoy it when people throw the 'cheat' jibe at other clubs because it's something that can't be thrown back at Leeds. Those jibes will be lessoned for me in 2010 with Leeds operating at seven overseas trained where the limit is set at six.

Have we broke ANY rules?????????

Not officially, but as tvoc says we have broken the 'spirit' of the rules by having more overseas players than we should, but have just used loopholes to get round it.

I think we have enough "spirit" in the bank due to our youth development!

Leeds probably only have three players counting on the overseas trained quota at present (Buderus, Eastwood and Delaney) allowing them to bring in a further three and still not break the RFL's limit of six.

The type of situation Leeds fans will have mocked a Bradford or a Wigan or a Wakefield over in the past.

Leeds should have remained above using such tactics.

Any future success will now be tarnished as a result.

I agree but i don't have any problem with it as it stands either tbh!
GH and the Coaching staff have seen this as the best way to go this year so i'm happy to back their judgement!
FWIW I'd be surprised if donald and buderus stay beyond this year anyway so that's 2 overseas stars off the quota!

C'mon yer not serious???????
The difference with our situation imo is that English and acadamy grown players have been offered deals to stay and a chance to prove themselves whereas at "other" clubs their homegrown lot were as good as ditched!
Plus we have situations crop up ala Danny Allan where the players in front of them sre just too good for them to get in the team.

And that quota is six non federation trained players, with the exception of those players already in the UK at the time the rule was brought in.

So at the moment, Leeds are only exercising the right to take up half of their quota. That's not "exploiting a loophole", it's abiding by the same rules - as set down by the RFL - as everyone else in the competition.

The original rules didn't have the exception. That was brought in when players threatened to challenge the rules in the courts IIRC. It's a mute point, IMO, whether that is a loophole.