Vella now has his Maltese passport however i do not know what affect this has!!
The reason people get confused with the Fisher one is i beleive because he plays for Scotland.
I mean is KP English or South African?

For a player to play for a nation he has (Or had) to have a grandparent who was born in that country.
I belive a grandparent who was a british national entitles the grandchild to claim british citizenship.
So therefore unless the rules have been changed Fisher can claim britishness if he wants which looking at the interpritations of the rules give him a very good chance that he will be off quota on contract renewal.
Vella is now classed as maltese which entitles him to work in the UK so ditto for him as well.
But TBH its a bloody minefield trying to understand who isnt and who is on the exemption extension list.

Lets hope Dobbo has a Scottish or English family member then as he wont get in the Aussie team playing over here but we might as well get him off quota if hes gonna be here another few years

He wont come off quota mate the new extension only applies to players who were at a SL club pre feb 08 AFAIK.

He doesn't as such.

The club is planning ahead by making percentage decisions.

Therefore, if we suffer a bad injury or a world class Aussie becomes available mid-season, then we have the cap & quota space to make that signing. If that isn't necessary, then we can take advantage of the better players coming off contract at the end of next year.

That is my exact calculation of how we stand with the quota issue also but we are wrong because I know that the club were talking to a couple of overseas players for next year but instead chose to keep their power dry as there are better players coming off contract at the end of 2010.

We do have one quota spot available next year for definite...

Doesnt Websters contract finish at the end of next season anyway


So with Fitzy gone this year, Webster gone next year, we would be down to the 5 players for 2011 therefore would need to release ANOTHER player to get anyone else in? (unless fisher/Vella become exempt)

Or is my very vague understanding of this wrong?

Webster and Galea are both ooc at the end of 2010, so if His Bobness's (I've been waiting to do that

) assessment is correct (and it sounds right to me), then we can only renew one of their contracts. Or both could go and we could sign somebody else. Others disagree - it is a bit confusing!

ahh yes my mistake....... im addign a year on to my life already.

if fishers been playing in the uk more than 4 years doesn't he count as a resident like manu does for us?

We have questions! It's answers we're short of!!!!!

I doubt the RFL could clarify it, the system has been messed about with that often its becoming laughable.