Well what definition do you think I have given to pro players before? If im changing it i surely must have given you one before, otherwise i couldnt possibly change it could i?

Lets see if you actually have a point or are just joining in with Starbugs sweet desperation.

Well i presumed you meant someone who plays rugby for a living full time.

And if you did, that would mean that you were wrong with this post werent you?

ahh yes, the starbug approach of making a presumption (usually wrong) then getting all confused and blaming the other person when that (usually wrong) presumption is shown to be wrong. He has taught you well.

from memory the entire squad wasnt full time, but yes the statement was wrong.

In 2006 three clubs ran what could be described as FT squads in NL 1 , this entailed having a squad of players training during the day ( rather than after normal working hours ) big enough to put out a team on a regular basis , and the money paid to those players being the primary source of income for those players

Those clubs were HKR , Widnes and Leigh , HTH

That is lovely.

Yes it is

Hull KR went full time in August 2005. Prior to that we only had 5 players who where full time. We where knocked out the playoffs by Halifax with a certain Ben Fisher running the show. So we went out signed Ben fisher stayed fulltime for the 2006 season and the rest as they say is history.

Run out of stuff to say.

Praise the lord.

I wonder what that is in German?

Sums you up.

Lobet den Herrn

OR

In Irish...Thank F&(K

It is worrying that Dickie hasn't said either way what is happening.

No confirmation that it will remain at 14, suggests the RFL is cacking itself at the barrage of criticism, plus the huge damage to the credibility of the sport that will occur if any club is chosen to be removed.

No club should be removed based upon the opinions of people who were responsible for allowing Leighton Samuel and the whole Crusaders farce to take place.

They said about 18 months ago it was remaining at 14

They said 18 months ago it would remain at 14, what a forward thinking set up they have at the RFL.

I wonder if anything they said 18 months ago as changed or is it all still cast in iron.

No it wasn't. What about James Webster, Jon Goddard & Makali Aizue? There were plenty of others who played a substantial number of games having come up with HKR from NL1, but these three all played a minimum of 19 which I reckon qualifies as 'any regularity'.