He's our special needs player ..
we need a very very special one aswell ..

on the Sky video he quotes the dispensation to allow him to bring in a player to surprise not just Salford but SL. therefore a ' Marquee ' player.
so either a bankable NRL player or most likely returning a league talent from RU .
Judging that he's not exactly on Barwicks xmas card list , unlikely , but in making public again he's raising the stakes , especially on the back of the Burgess to RU rumours ..

It may or may not be 'hot air' this season but I can acknowledge that Dr Koukash certainly has an eye for a 'hot topic' essentially taking an RU headline back and keeping his message on the agenda if nothing else.

He's certainly pushing his line and more credit to him, but if he got a rule change now for a player lined up, then other clubs would cry foul.

If they had known the rule was going to change then they could have outbid Salford for the very same player.

Also if it's Joel Tomkins I'd be a little underwhelmed, not really a very special player, true it would be a raid on union, but hardly a critical player.

Probably has more chance of getting an exception approved but with a delay for later in the year or next year.

If anyone listened to the RL Extra show on Radio Manc last night Ralph Rimmer all but confirmed that there will be some kind of cap exemption introduced - no timescales said though.

the doc doesn't seem to have been off the tv or radio , He drew the 2nd round of the challenge cup along with Kris radlinski. one of the ties was GB Police V British army . I Can see that tie going off with a BANG

If it's a non RL player, you should get him, year 1, off the cap.

If it's a current RL player...tough. Move someone on first.

Good luck, hope it's the former.

antwerp have you any idea where that police v army will be played ,so far ive heard london or possibly somewhere inyorkshire

Chris Ashton imo

its a league player according to the doc on twitter.

His tweet was in reply to "is the player a union or league?" His reply was "league and I hope he stays in the game" now to me that someone going to Union from league? Maybe Sonny Bill or Big Sam??? Any other other special league player posed to cross to union???

After 3 months of rah rah pre-season, perhaps Benji Marshall has realised he made a horrible mistake?

Like I said earlier it's unlikely to be permitted at this stage for the outcry from Saints, Wigan, Leeds et al, who would be disadvantaged by the sudden late change.

But maybe there is no bid, but it's a good way to get in the press and say well if it had have been allowed I would have stopped Burgess going to Union etc...

Regardless of whether Burgess would have signed for Salford or not.

I think other clubs would have been informed about a marquee player rule as well as Salford. The way RImmer was talking about it on bbc Manc I think this will get the go ahead, or maybe it already has??

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