Take Briers out of that 4 and it looks a lot less creative
Could be a problem in big games

I agree with what you're saying there. This has everything to do with Tony Smith. He is an underrated coach and I hope he manages to win you the Super League.

That wasnt quite what I was getting at.
Take Wigan for example. They probably get J Tomkins, Hansen, Coley and O'Loughlin for what KR pay Vella, Newton and Galea. I know which i'd rather have in my side. Locally produced players always come cheaper than bringing in which is why, in a salary capped sport, you MUST have a nucleus of homegrown players otherwise you cannot win Super League. Take a look through the record books over the last ten years, no team like KR with one or two local products has ever won it.

Quote: Paul Thexton "Interesting. Once upon a time you could download the operational rules from the RFL website, might be worth me having a hunt around to see if there's a downloadable PDF that explains the SC rules.'" www.therfl.co.uk/~rflmedia/docs/ ... rt%205.pdf The above is dated Feb 2009 but I think everything is still correct except that the First Tier amount was increased from £1.6m to £1.65m

Quote: Paul Thexton "Interesting. Once upon a time you could download the operational rules from the RFL website, might be worth me having a hunt around to see if there's a downloadable PDF that explains the SC rules.'" www.therfl.co.uk/~rflmedia/docs/ ... rt%205.pdf The above is dated Feb 2009 but I think everything is still correct except that the First Tier amount was increased from £1.6m to £1.65m

As for Warrington's salary cap. I can reveal that come audit time, ours is always one of the first the RFL look at. Not because they suspect foul play, but because our accounts are kept in such impeccable order it's a doddle to do a review of them and they can get it over in 5 minutes. Knowing the people at our club involved in such things, I have always been confident it's never likely to be us getting into salary cap trouble.