Quote: mat "interesting point someone on fax board made earlier. Theres 2 deadlines for registering players for cup. one early on and a 2nd one for quarter finals onwards. How did crusader manage to register sammut for their game against catalans on sunday given they didnt even announce signing until week after the previous round of the cup?
Its largely academic now as crusaders are out of cup but RFL have to be seen to treat everyone equally so crusaders could be in line for a fine too.'"
Because Sammut has been signed for ages, he just didn't get his Visa until recently. They were sensible in not announcing the signing until the visa came through (after last year's debacles with Carney, Crocker & Bird). Also, supposedly he would have been over here earlier if it wasn't for the Volcanic Ash stopping him from getting into the country.
Presumably, as long as they had a contract signed with him (subject to visa), they could register him.
