Quote: Mike87 "Union players don't count on the cap though (Koukash words) do they so he'll go back to Union for a season then come back on a huge deal.'"
Union players don't count on the cap only if they have never played league before - hence eastmond would count, and thus so would sbw -
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"(iii) has not played Rugby League at any age group or level, subject to the RSCM’s ability to use his reasonable discretion to override this restriction so that, non-exhaustively, it would ordinarily apply only to those who have not: "