What a right bodge job by all involved. It's an utter shambles the whole thing. If I was Leigh, Barrow, Widnes or Halifax to name a few I'd be absolutely furious about the Celtic situation.

I want Celtic to work out, but would it have been so bad for them to be in the Championship for a few more years to get their structure sorted out? Areas such as Cumbria are constantly neglected, but consistently produce so many players yet the RFL/Super League have always been obsessed with having a team in Wales. Hence you get screw-ups like this.

We can all have our views on the UK immigration policy and how it is applied.

I do sometimes wonder what goes on at RFL HQ, they quite deliberately and controversially decided on Celtic to be in Super League, I think it is quite difficult to understand why they have not ensured that everything was above board. Last season Hull played an ineligible player in the cup for 2 rounds, now it seems these guys are here on student or visitor visas. Does anybody check these things?

Celtic also must or at least should have known what their player status was/is as all employers MUST check this before employing them. if as somebody on here has stated they were employed by somebody else, is this a way to get around salary cap matters.

I have just in the middle of this listened to Boots and all and the guy from the RFL sums up the above "nothing to do with us" I thought they were supposed to run the game.

Our game is and has become a laughing stock because of the utter ineptness of our so called leaders

The RFL are going to have to think this one through. They haven't the best track record for punishments.
Hull FC playing an ineligible player in the Cup, no exclusion from the comp as there was no sanction in their rule book.
A club (forgotten which) went into administration and no sanction there too for points deduction.
After all it was the RFL who registered these players to play and we now find out they are not entitled to be here.
Then there's the UK Border agency, or whatever it was in 1996 when some played their first game. Why have they been allowed to remain here when they are not entitled to be here in the first place.
The "intelligence led" bit is stretching it!
The UK border people were tipped off, they'd no intelligence of their own at all.
In fact it's only UK Border's lack of intelligence that has led to this mess up.

It'll be interesting. A points deduction would be pointless in this new age of no relegation so how else could they punish them? A fine would probably kill them off.

It's a massive break for Leeds though. Points difference is what will could seperate them and Saints for 1st (although they meet in a fortnight to be fair) but Leeds have the chance to boost theirs massively now when playing Celtic on Sunday. Castleford will also possibly get a top 8 break in the last round of the season by having Celtic at home - an opportunity for them to rack up the points difference they badly damaged last week. Not a level playing ground as they say.

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5766088746 looks like celtic aren't the only ones in strife. Reading it looks like it affects those signed between 2006 and 2007 seasons

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5766088746 looks like celtic aren't the only ones in strife. Reading it looks like it affects those signed between 2006 and 2007 seasons

Father Ted am I right in thinking that a few weeks ago the RFL sent " a team of officials " to help the Celtic admistration, when challenged by the local media the RFL spokesman was very evasive in his answers, could these have been the start of the " intelligence led " findinds?