Fair enough….they can have Ratchford

Didn't they do that with the £0.5M early cash injection / emergency loan? Salford must have known about this cash flow crisis well in advance but still managed to sign Chris Hill, Bullock, Esan Marsters etc. Plenty of clubs would like central financial assistance to gain entry to/remain in Superleague. Clubs with bigger underlying support bases (Bradford/Widnes) and well run clubs like York. Maybe Salford need to accept they are a Championship level club in terms of finances.

Apparently salary cap dispensation for players signed from Salford. I hope we are picking over the carcass.

There is a caveat to that though it will only count for this season so any players signed will have to be implemented into the cap if signed for more than one season.

Ah, so which is it?

1. Players signed with contracts > 1 year will count on 2026 and beyond cap.

2. Players signed with contracts > 1 year will count on 2025 and 2026 and beyond cap.

That’s the line I found in the post.

That's because if dispensations are to be approved they are only likely to remain in place for this season only.

I don't mind 2026 cap implications as we have players off contract at the end of 2025 and we can plan for that.

There is another meeting of all clubs this afternoon.

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... s-30781540

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... s-30781540

I can't help thinking the problems at Salford ,which are not new, should have been discussed before expansionist London was forced back to the Championship.

Yes indeed. Great post. Another RFL masterstroke. Relegate a team in an expansion area whilst keeping a team that is very close to being bankrupt.

Oh and leave the issue dragging on to within 3 weeks of the start of the season.