Quote crucrucrusaders="crucrucrusaders"Having briefly calmed down I found this story from the BBC. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 839695.stm All 6 were held back whilst being investigated by the British Consulate due to tighter regulations. If they weren't allowed in then why were the VISA's granted and why were they let in. Something tells me if we are at fault it is not only us that has messed up here. Surely they could appeal against this.'" This is the key thing for me. IF and it's an IF I'm not sure about there is no act of fraud or deception on the part of the Crusaders then the RFL should be banging the door down, roping in the sports authorities and MPs etc to get this decision overturned. IF they have not complied with the regulations how did they manage to get into the country and play for months and in some cases years without being found out until now? Something fishy going on me thinks...

Quote crucrucrusaders="crucrucrusaders"Having briefly calmed down I found this story from the BBC. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 839695.stm All 6 were held back whilst being investigated by the British Consulate due to tighter regulations. If they weren't allowed in then why were the VISA's granted and why were they let in. Something tells me if we are at fault it is not only us that has messed up here. Surely they could appeal against this.'" This is the key thing for me. IF and it's an IF I'm not sure about there is no act of fraud or deception on the part of the Crusaders then the RFL should be banging the door down, roping in the sports authorities and MPs etc to get this decision overturned. IF they have not complied with the regulations how did they manage to get into the country and play for months and in some cases years without being found out until now? Something fishy going on me thinks...

Spot on.

As I say things like this should be water tight.

No matter what information we or the players give the authorities everything should be run through with a fine tooth comb. If they have still got in to play for the club then I think it is more a fault of the authorities than the people who put the application forward.

It's not as if the information would be readily available to them would it? They know what they have done with regards to playing career previously and would have been able to access this easily in January. It's not as if the club could falsify something like this as it would be there for all to see.

On the back of a Stobart wagon

I'm trying to look on the brightest of bright sides here.

If we do end up innocent I say take the authorities for all their worth and get all the compo we can.

Celtic Crusaders 2010 Super League Champions.

Typo.

You're loving this aren't you.

Well done.

Not loving it, but it's hardly a surprise the whole thing's going t*ts up, was doomed from the start tbf.

And if it is not the fault of Celtic Crusaders as a club then how has it gone t1ts up exactly.

How do you know it's not their fault?

A polite warning to all:

read the AUP.

Stop the personal attacks.

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I said IF.

How do you know it is? If they have falsified information then how do they get through customs and through all the legal tape in the first place. It is not only the club who is at fault here, if indeed they are.

There has been a monumental balls up by authorities too if the worst comes to the worst and we have falsified information.