Quote gazcoops="gazcoops"Link - www.therfl.co.uk/clientdocs/Oper ... rt%202.pdf bottom of page 3 E-mail I recieved from the RFL 3 weeks ago.'" Hang on - I don't think that means what you think it does. I read that to mean that as long as Tony applies to come off the non-fed quota sometime this season, he comes off in November and no longer counts as an overseas player from then on regardless of who he signs for. So he basically becomes a UK Trained player for the rest of his career, provided he applies before his current contract runs out.

Quote gazcoops="gazcoops"Link - www.therfl.co.uk/clientdocs/Oper ... rt%202.pdf bottom of page 3 E-mail I recieved from the RFL 3 weeks ago.'" Hang on - I don't think that means what you think it does. I read that to mean that as long as Tony applies to come off the non-fed quota sometime this season, he comes off in November and no longer counts as an overseas player from then on regardless of who he signs for. So he basically becomes a UK Trained player for the rest of his career, provided he applies before his current contract runs out.

Manu was in the British game before Feb 08 - we signed him from Cas.

That email you have indicates to me that both Tony and Manu can apply to come off the OS quota - Tony can apply this year to come off from next year, and Manu can apply next year to come off from 2011.

Manu will count on our OS quota next season regardless.

I think.

The only thing that's obvious in any of the statements and documentation on quotas and rule changes is that the RFL are rubbish at defining and communicating the rules. Hacked off, not least because clubs like Hull, who have worked hard to anticipate increasing homegrown and reducing overseas quotas may as well not have bothered if the likes of Tony can now get classed as UK trained. Nothing against him personally, but we've built up our homegrown player base in anticipation of everyone having to cope with fewer overseas players, and they actually don't, at least in the medium term.

These quota rules are confusing to say the least. I think it should be plain and simple - if your born outside Britain or Ireland, your an overseas player.

Would be a brave man who would suck cath's dick

...and don't forget that if we were to sign an English player from union they would also count on quota as the rules stand!

Surely if that was challenged under employment law that would be changed

we'd more than likely fook it up and he would end up taking 2 quota spaces

or we would sign tangata toa from celtic and the idiots in the office would put it down as 2 players coming

It's a self imposed ruling by the clubs. Can't be enforced legally