1 Brett Hodgson
2 Chris Riley
3 Chris Bridge
4 Ryan Atkins
5 Joel Monaghan
6 Lee Briers
7 Richie Myler
8 Adrian Morley
9 Michael Monaghan
10 Garreth Carvell
11 Trent Waterhouse
12 Ben Westwood
13 Ben Harrison
14 Micky Higham
15 Simon Grix
16 Paul Wood
17 Mike Cooper
18 Chris Hill
19 Stefan Ratchford
20 Rhys Evans
21 Tyrone McCarthy
22 Rhys Williams
23 Gareth O'Brien
24 Ben Currie

Pretty much same as last year.

I thought clubs had to send a list of their first 25 players to the RFL ie the 25 players registered with the club, eligible to play in SL and with the highest salaries ? If so, we are one player short on this list.

I would imagine if that's true, then Wire will simply add one of those young lads, who recently signed new deals?

Yes you are right, but I was wondering why they didn't simply publish the 25. Perhaps they are still unsure where to send their young starlets ? By my reckoning we still have 9 players; Bridge, Burke, Dwyer, Evans B, Laithwaite, Mendeika, Riley, Shaw, Ormsby) even if we play Benion and Saltonstall in the U19. That seems far too many to DR with Swinton.

I'm sure Ben Currie still qualifies at U19 level this for the 2013 season.

I've no idea but maybe they don't want to publish one young lad in the 25 ahead of the rest in case they upset others? They can tell the RFL on a confidential document that no-one has to know about.

He's only recently turned 18 so I'd assume so.

The way I think it works is that the clubs have to submit a First Team Squad of [iup to [/i25 players. They then may only select players from that squad for first team games. Should they wish to add players to it, or bring in players from outside the 25, they must get permission first. And the salaries of the top 25 (listed in salary order) must not exceed the cap.

So, I think they are entitled to only announce 24 and decide who is going to be number 25 whenever they like, provided they have left sufficient money after paying the first 24 to pay for number 25 without going over the cap. Then players from 26 onwards (in salary order, not necessarily squad number order) must earn no more than number 25.

By the way - Ben Evans has signed for Bradford for 2013. And we can have up to 5 players playing DR with Swinton, but they don't have to be the same 5 each week. So we can still ensure no-one goes too long without a game, although it all seems less than ideal to me.

Dwyer will be the 25th player available for selection at the start of the seson.

I'm glad, Dwyer will be a star of the future.