Quote: Egg Banjo "Castlefords decision to avoid going to court and securing a legal precedent will come back and bite another club in the backside. Sale obviously expected to pay a fee for him in the long run and have secured an international class winger for a fraction of what a RU developed player would cost. I only hope that the club which is bitten is Castleford again as they were the ones who had the chance to stop it happening once and for all but buckled when someone flashed the cash in front of them'"
Not really, yawnion clubs are free to sign out of contract RL players perfectly legally (eg Charnley) - just as league clubs are free to sign yawnion ones. Now money obviously talks so with the current wage structures in each sport its going to be heavily in one direction, particularly as there isn't a great demand in RL for overweight players with poor core skills and limited endurance in any case.
Anyway well done to Cas, did their homework well and there's no need to further enrich lawyers which is all continued action would achieve. Ironically the success Eden has had probably weakened their bargaining power slightly as it shows that Solomona is not exactly indispensable.
However I would like to see the RL to follow up strongly on this. First by highlighting in the media what utterly dishonest grubs Sale are - though I suspect the Goebbels inspired yawnion press to sweep this one under the carpet. Second, as many have already suggested, ban Andy Clarke from all involvement with RL.