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.

...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!

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

How? Employment Law doesnt cover non-legislative quota's imposed by individual sports. (and the rules surrounding it)

Moore is average like Koki had one good season, kear seems to having a knack of getting players playing above their station, only to be average for the nxt couple of seasons.

Thacks and King are far better players, Moore is decent going forward but is awful in defence, people on here get drawn in too easy by watching a player had a couple of great games and then thinking they are amazing.

I'd be happy enough to see Thacks, King and Moore at other clubs than FC next year.