I am strongly inclined to agree with Bullpower on this. There's more than a slight whiff of a huge cock-up by Walker's agent. It seems he's now moving heaven and earth to rescue the financial side of this mess and to protect his 'business reputation' (if agents have any). I simply can't believe that we actually registered him with the RFL. It's becoming clearer that Walker didn't actually want to leave Oz so was probably keeping us on the back burner in case nobody Oz-side showed a big-dollar interest. That was unlikely given his reputation for simply chasing the $$$s - What did the Gold Coast chief say to him? "We are not an ATM". When did he sign this 'contract' - last Thursday??? Also, Orr has been quoted on this matter as saying "there has to be a duty of care". That's different to saying there has been a breach of contract. Something's just not right with Orr's version - I think basically the 2 of em buggered about for too long and now their game has gone tits up. Finally, maybe, just maybe we found out he wouldn't get a visa, which wouldn't be surprising given his past. If that was the case all bets would be off. Unless said contract was drafted by Binky the Clown.

Aww, turn that frown upside down Mr Rainyface

But if a contract was signed, it had to be submitted within 48 hours. After that, we either wouldn't have been able to submit it, or else we would have faced some sort of penalty. As Orford came up months later (according to Walker's alleged signing date), his availability must be disregarded entirely from the matter.

That's to satisfy the RLF Operating Rules and, I would guess, they'd expect any contract to be signed by both parties. (And as the RFL looked in to the case we can guess that it wasn't)

As to whether a contract had in actual fact been made between the Bulls and Walker (you don't need to have signed something to have made a contract)... that would be up to a court.

it was suggested to me by a fax fan today, that if walker is convinced he had a valid contract with us then that would mean we're due a transfer fee from catalans.