If Catalans bring in 35 year old Willie Mason as rumoured they will have 13 overseas players on their books next year by my reckoning.

are they allowed more overseas player quota spots that other sl teams? if so why, they have been in sl long enough now

I assume your counting English players as overseas in that 13? Because to my count they have 8 non fed players, the 7 they're allowed and Richards whose exempt because of his time at Wigan. Same as Hull, who have Feka exempt and 7.

They're rumoured to be looking to offload Tonga and Sigismeau (the latter of which is linked with Saints) and Mason in - I'd say that'd all tie together.

Yes English players included.

Tonga
Pomeroy
Carney
Anderson
Taylor
Aiton
Myler
Richards
Broughton
Stewart
Horo
Inu
Mason

Heard Pomeroy might be going. But still leaves little room for French opportunities.

You have included two players who aren't contracted to the club, one player who is not in the first-team squad for the coming season and bizarrely counted two Englishmen as "overseas players".

English players arent overseas players to a French club?

I said originally should Mason sign it would be 13. Im not aware of the contractual or first team status of the other players you refer to but happy to be corrected. The point would remain the same if you remove two or three- not enough opportunities for French players to progress to the first team of the sole French SL club.

No. Just as French players aren't overseas for English clubs. Saints have Nzongou and Fages, for example.

Currently, they have Inu, Carney, Tonga, Taylor, Aiton, Horo, Stewart are [icurrently[/i their overseas players. They also have Richards whose exempt due to his time at Wigan.

If they sign Mason, presumedly Tonga goes.

Catalans are a Super League club trying to win the competition, not some novelty development team for French players. They have no more obligation to provide opportunities for French players than Warrington, for example, have to provide opportunities for Warrington-born players.

Catalans' junior set-up is better than probably any British team currently, possibly apart from Wigan and St Helens. They produce a huge number of players and it's sad when people complain about them having the same number of overseas players as other clubs. This isn't Paris St-Germain and people need to get over it. Also remember that this is a top 8 system with relegation, no teams are going to fill their squads with junior players and not sign anybody else.

Fair enough- your saying that the English boys arent 'overseas' in relation to the quota. I was referring to 'overseas' by its definition. So going by your list and adding Myler and Broughton- that leaves just 7 spots open for French players.

Add in Naughton and Ellis on top of the 8 non fed players hull fc have and there's only 7 spots available for local Hull lads?

Far more French lads are being picked up by other SL clubs and the NRL which was almost nonexistent 15 years ago!

Some poor excuses going round here as to why it's ok that Catalans may run with as many as 13 'non French' players next year.

Whichever way it's dressed up that's appalling and surely isn't what the club is in superleague for?! I have no issue with them having 5 or 6 non French players but 13 is taking the Mick and is going to stifle the development of the French lads, there's no two ways about it.

Poor form.

Please read whats been written. There is no chance they will be running with 13 non french players. Even accepting MadDoggs English is foreign logic, theyre on 10 for next year.

Wigan had 9 "foreign to Wigan" players in their squad this year - is that also appalling?

Catalans are in SL to compete, nothing more.