I'm still working out how HKR can get branded as tinpot for not starting the process sooner, when the earliest they will have known their dates of travel was last Wednesday.

Simple. All the SL teams should have allowed for being in the Middle 8's and sorted out the paperwork pre-season!

Good suggestion, miles better than mine...

I was going to suggest sending talent scouts to the Toronto Masters to see if there were any disgruntled tennis managers

I'm sure that Wigan & Saints had it all sorted, pre-season!

Mind you, they most likely don't have any 'undesirables' on their books. Tell you what though, I bet Leeds hadn't thought of the possible need for visas, during pre-season!!



Incidentally, one of our (Leigh) players couldn't travel to Toronto, and it was most likely because of a 'personal' issue. You now have that player!

A specialist immigration consultant is at the disposal of all the clubs who have to travel to Canada who know far more about the process than The RFL ever will. And yet players are still struggling to get an eTA.

He's not one of the players that I've heard. Crooks travelled to Toronto, whilst Hall's a former Wolfpack player, so you would assume both of those will be OK. However stranger things have happened!

Crooks played for us at Toronto. Hall didn't.

Hall would have (almost certainly) had a work permit when he played for TWP which will have expired when he left the club. To get back into the country he will have to apply for an eTA and if he has to answer 'yes' to any of the questions on the application that could well complicate matters.

When Hall left Wolfpack and signed for Leigh, we heard that it was part of the agreement that he would not travel with Leigh to any future Toronto games. Now he's signed for Hull KR so we don't know if that condition still stands.

Yes it will.

The 'not travel to play for Leigh against TWP' part of the deal is now irrelevant. Whether he can get an eTA is very relevant.