[quote="Mild Rover":1cydvrhw]It’s silly, clearly. At what point does a rule become so watered down as to no longer effectively be a rule? Joe Vagana was with Bradford 2001 to 2008, and Isaiah was born around the turn of the century, so it is plausible he played tots rugby for 3 years. O’Neill is a slightly narrower window. I wonder what the official position is now. For Lam 3 years at a community club was mentioned - O’Neill just ‘featured’ for Halton Farnworth Hornets. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/le ... -explained It’d possibly be better to just create a SL ancestry exemption at this point.[/quote:1cydvrhw] Let's be honest, they're constantly amending all the rules anyway to appease clubs and make exemptions. As soon as a club wants to do something, those in charge find a way to make it fit a "rule". It's why we have marquee signings and upcoming changes to who counts on the quota instead of raising the cap and quota allowance.

[quote="Mild Rover":1cydvrhw]It’s silly, clearly. At what point does a rule become so watered down as to no longer effectively be a rule? Joe Vagana was with Bradford 2001 to 2008, and Isaiah was born around the turn of the century, so it is plausible he played tots rugby for 3 years. O’Neill is a slightly narrower window. I wonder what the official position is now. For Lam 3 years at a community club was mentioned - O’Neill just ‘featured’ for Halton Farnworth Hornets. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/le ... -explained It’d possibly be better to just create a SL ancestry exemption at this point.[/quote:1cydvrhw] Let's be honest, they're constantly amending all the rules anyway to appease clubs and make exemptions. As soon as a club wants to do something, those in charge find a way to make it fit a "rule". It's why we have marquee signings and upcoming changes to who counts on the quota instead of raising the cap and quota allowance.