Is the question your asking is on what basis is Lachlan lam fed trained - he played as an under 9 and under 11 over here , vagana played his initial rugby at Queensbury (I think ) lam received approval to be off quota and vagana is in an identical as he was born in 2000 whilst his dad was playing at Bradford so was an under 9 - I know it sounds ludicrous but it’s true

There’s a lot of guesswork in some of these lists as you say. We actually have 24 signed up announced.

This as far as I’m aware is the announced and known to public list.

Jowitt
Johnstone
Pratt
Hall
Walmsley
Truman
Russell
Mckmeeken (one for you PT )
Doyle
Atoni
Scott
Storton
Pitts

Smith
Uele
Rodwell
Vagana

Bain
Cozza
Lino
Kay
Lawford
Booth
Lingard

There are questions over :

Joe Law
Tom Delaney
Will Brough (showing on first team website)

TBC:

Hood
Roarke
Russell
Niketemo


You also have Boothroyd in who isn’t signed and if we sign another quota won’t be.

So we still need a couple of young lads confirming (can’t find contract length on the net) or some rumours or retentions totalling around 6 x to announce.

Anyone know about Law/Delaney/Brough??

Apparently Powell has told Law he’s not in his plans so won’t be surprised if he makes his York move permanent

Delany is contracted until the end of 2025 the other two are out of contract

I see that George King confirmed as leaving HKR.

Rourke, Russell and Nikotemo still to announce. Hood I think is doing another year, and I'd expect Griffin as well.