Thank you for the compliment but yet again you are wrong just like the rest of your kind.

Oh and regardless of your comment nothing detracts from the lies being spouted.

This obviously applies to Mason but what about Dobson? If he's not now working as an RL player then presumably his visa becomes invalid.

I believe he has 28 days to find new employment before any such provision would kick in. Assuming that anyone has alerted UKBA to his change in circumstances of course...

We have, Willie is now Tongan, Vella is now Maltese, Lovegrove is home trained, Fisher is now McFisher and Newton is a Yank. What more do you want

The RFL will grant Dobbos re-registration, it will set a precedent in case Wigan need to do it in the future

Oh, I am sure someone will have

That's not an extenuating circumstance. Hull KR could've avoided de-registering Dobson by simply waiting till Mason had got his passport before registering him. The club knew that until his passport came through, he would count on their quota which was full. How is that an issue that deserves sympathy from the RFL?

Because due to issues outside of Hull KR's control a major player in their team has had some paperwork delayed. This would seem to be a way of enabling Mason to play. Unless there is some fault on the part of Hull KR or Willie Mason for the delay then I don't see why Hull KR can't use existing rules to help them get Willie Mason to play for the club.
If it turns out it was rubbish and Mason isn't going to get his Tongan passport then I still don't see it as a major issue since they have got rid of another player to make way for him.

If Mason were allowed to play (without his Tongan passport) and then Dobson were to be re-registered I too would be annoyed and would expect the RFL to step in, since that isn't what's happening (yet) I don't honestly see what all the fuss is about and I certainly don't see how anyone can blame the RFL for something that hasnt happened yet and, more likely than not, won't happen.

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Watch HKR train this Saturday.......................for a fiver!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously www.hullkr.co.uk/article.php?id=1611

True they are trying to exploit the loopholes. Like virtually every club in SL is, except IIRC Huddersfield. And yes you are correct about Galea, except Willie Mason has been granted a Tongan passport, he is simply waiting to receive it. That's quite a big difference between him and Ben Galea.


No it's not. Getting Willie Mason a Tongan passport in the first place was an attempt to circumvent the quota rules, as was Pat Richards & Chris McKenna's Irish passports. It's not just Hull KR you know. The de-registration of Dobson is not an attempt to circumvent quota rules, it's an attempt to get playing a major player who would have been playing much earlier had it not been for bureaucratic delays.


This is an exceptional circumstance. I can't honestly recall a situation like it. The RFL anticipated exceptional situations which is why the clause about 'at the discretion of the Board' was inserted into the Operational Rules. If this isn't such a situation that the Board should consider what kind of situation would be?