The official Statement from RFL;
"The RFL has been informed by the UK Border Agency that under the terms of his visa, Kylie Leuluai of Leeds Rhinos is unable to play for Hunslet Hawks as a dual-registered player.

The RFL has recently lobbied the UKBA for a change to the rules which prevent players on Tier 2 visas playing for a second club on a short-term arrangement. This follows on from changes to the Super League Academy structure, which from 2013 is an exclusively under-19s competition, an arrangement that means open-age overseas Tier 2 visa players returning from injury cannot gain match fitness on short-term loans or dual registrations.

Dialogue with the UKBA continues but the UKBA have confirmed that until any change in circumstance is agreed, under existing provisions no player on a Tier 2 visa can be dual registered. "


Perhaps I could write a statement;

The RFl and SL chairman implemented exciting changes to the structure of SL Academies for 2013. We carefully avoided formalising any of these changes in a set of rules, prefering instead to make them up as we went along and to write ideas down on the back of a fag packet. Astonishingly we now find that there appear to be some minor flaws in the system, and one very big one; the refusal of some Championship sides to participate and the frustration of their fans is of course irrelevant (we get all our dosh from SKY), however we failed to consult the Border Agency on the rules regarding overseas players and in consequence Gary

is unable to play Kylie Leulie at Hunslet.

Nice one Charlie ,is the fag packet now in the bin ?

I am not 'in the know', but lets hope some sensible changes are made for 2014 that use joined up thinking. This is just embarrassing at the moment.

Do the 6 players have the option to go back to Warrington in 2014 or are they now in no way linked to Wire.

This Duel Reg is confusing me.n

I for one will second the confusing nature of this dual reg thing.. not sure it can be called a system to be honest.

I am also unsure how it improves the championship as the sides will work with so called higher standard players one week then the next they arent there or available to them.
Very poorly thought out and seemingly a lack of respect has been shown to the championship players, teams & fans.

The majority of the youngsters in question are still "Warrington players" and are on a season long loan with Swinton, they still train full time with Warrington and train additionally with Swinton in the evenings.

Is there any difference in what will happen at the end of the season in the rugby league 'world' cup?

The top teams like Australia, NZ and England will select their players and then the ones that don't make the squads will get distributed around the other teams. If Danny Brough doesn't make England then Scotland will be able to use him etc. Samoa will be full of ex NZ players or NZ players that didn't make the squads. If Rangi Chase doesn't make the NZ squad he might get picked for England too.

It is the way of rugby league.

Extract of letter from RFL;

[i"Picking up on your specific point I can confirm six Warrington players have recently transferred to Swinton, all of whom were ineligible to play in this season’s U19s competition due to being in the U21 and U20 age categories. Having taken the view point they were not going to play many, if any, games in the first team in 2013 [uall six players have agreed to the transfer arrangements and their new employment contract with Swinton Lions RLFC. [/uThese players are now not registered or contracted with Warrington Wolves and therefore do not count towards the regulation regarding only allowing 5 loan and/or dual registered players in any matchday 17".[/i

WRT training, you need to remember that Wire are allowing Swinton players to train with us and use our facilities. So yes, the 'ex Wire' players will be seen training in Warrington.

Having said all this, the arrangements are clearly a mechanism for ensuring that the overage youngsters get a game each week. The RFL are 'being helpful' in order to avoid a group of 6-8 younger players, who through no fault of their own, have nowhere to play.