Now now Barton Baird tut tut but quick lol

Does he still need to apply for a visa? (question may have been answered earlier, but cant be bothered to look)

He will still need a Visa to work in this country however he will be living here on his Tongan passport which allows Hull KR to class him as a non-fed trained but not a quota player. I have never seen the forms so don't know if you have to put which passport you are travelling on on your visa but if not he may already have his visa and so can just get the next flight over.

That's probably why he as said he will be over this week I reckon he could have visa already

I'm not moaning because he's signing for Rovers, infact ive always be a massive fan of Big Willie, maybe not so much now , but its just turning into loophole central in rugby league.

Why don't we just get rid of the loopholes all together and just say to clubs you can have as many Aussies as you can get but you MUST play at least 6 home grown players per game, another 5 players out of the 17 must be federation trained with the others made up of anyone else in the squad. Link in to this that your home grown players must be paid a minimum of 25k per year it would encourage teams to really work on their home grown players.

This way has the potential to improve the standard of both the competition and youngsters coming through as 11 out of the 17 are always going to be federation trained and home grown players meaning a team like Rovers can't field 10 non-federation trained players leaving only 7 spots open for everyone else.

you said you liked big willie... could mean something else!

fair doo's, i think he will be a great addition to super league, may even raise the profile of the game slightly, as long as it's on the field and not in the street!!