I would guess that if we didnt have the minimum loan period we would have allowed him to go on loan and give us flexibility to recall him if we pick a knock or two up.

I am surprised Wakefield have not been sounding him out for a loan move.He could fill a car now with other Hull based players currently making the trip West

Dual contract to an NL would allow that

Has that actually happened/ever been confirmed and if so do we know who we have given dual deals to?

It's been talked about at some length on here but i can't recall the club or SL ever confirming it?

Shaun Aiscough proved it

How? He was at Widnes for over 28 days wasn't he?

Thats the bit that confuses me. Do we need to announce in advance which players have a dual contract and with who? I noticed a lot of the Leigh players were dual contracted players but is this set in stone before the season starts or what?!?!

I was of the understanding that if the dual contract scenario is true you have to pre-register your players and cant mix and match during the season otherwise it makes it pointless.

As i say, the biggest confusion for me is that it's never actually been confirmed.

Chris Dean Widnes / Saints

i think you can only do it 3 times and the players have to be under a certain age

Also they can only play for 1 of the clubs on any given weekend

Do you have anything that says about dual contracts? Could than not have simply been a loan?

I would say the whole benefit would be the flexibility a club needs with fringe players. Some fringe players in January may become established first teamers by February so whats the point of having a dual registration! Surely the idea is to highlight a player who is not getting regular first team rugby and does not benefit playing U20s to then go to a NL1/2 club. That way if the player is needed back at short notice this can happen.

I wouldn't let him go, need him for the Easter period. Either back rower gets injured then he'd be straight in for me. Think this dual registration would be more beneficial to players such as J. Briscoe, Lyne, Tuffour or Kent, players who have only just come up to the first team not players who have been around it for 2 or 3 years.