Correct its not confirmed, and not even remotely looking like its going too.

Maybe he should complain to the RFL; afterall its there rules and we are not breaking them - so why shouldnt we try to use them to our advantage?

I was just saying that to my mate the other day, If only cookie could have played for us like he is for wakey now. Ever since he left we haven't won a game or scored many points yet wakey have gone from strength to strength.

There fans only this week carried cooke around on there shoulders after his massive points haul as he masterminded the destruction of a talented hudds side...

Anyway back in the real world, he still hides from the ball in every game except when he's playing FC and the fans think he's a fat waste of space... oh well your point would have been valid if it wasn't 100% wrong.

If you dont like it I suggest you give the RFL a call.
It was their idea not ours.

I never said I disliked the idea, did I? What do you think of it? It could be argued that clubs choosing to push for the maximum overseas players might suffer in the medium term as they will have to work harder to bring in a greater proportion of British players as their overseas ones leave but this is the RFL and the only certainty is that the rules will change again next year.

I think the idea stinks TBH but we are not breaking any rules and I can't see how it will make it harder as players leave clubs and retire all the time. You replace the player with the best available and just because the player leaving has an aussie accent makes the fact you need to replace him not diffrent from having to replace any player.
I do belive you have said that you didn't like the idea yourself in the past though

Although Cooke isn't the player he once was he was still a much better play maker than Dobson was when you brought him in, they weren't exactly much better when he didn't play on Sunday were they? Players detoriate (look at Vella).

At some point though you'll have to get back to 5 and all I'm saying is it might be more difficult than from a starting point of 6. I'm not having a go. But some clubs are better placed to ramp up overseas numbers such that the majority of their first choice 17 is overseas. I don't really think that's in the spirit of what the RFL set out to do with franchising yet is an inevitable by--product of their shambolic rule-changing.

Who up until his injury has been playing some of his best rugby in a red and white shirt.

Maybe because he wanted to leave? You did replace Colbon with him however the fact is if you bring in the 3 players (Green, Bailey and Mason) you're starting 17 would probably look something like this;

Briscoe

Fox
Welham
Webster
Colbon

Green
Dobson

Clinton
Fisher
Mason

Newton
Galea
Murrell

Lovegrove
Bailey
Vella
Hodgson

11 out of your 17 will be born out of the UK (Or 65% of the team). That's disgraceful IMO. Vella, Netwon, Galea, Mason fair enough, even Clinton but what about players like Bailey, Fisher, Lovegrove? Surely an English player could do a much better job than them?

If an English player could do a better job then you have nothing to worry about because we will be languishing at the bottom of the table with no wins and no hope

Like anyone round here gives a about your opinion!

As things stand, we have 1 more overseas player than you, everything else is media speculation.

Dobson wasn't here when we got Cooke Webster was and in all fairness he never really shone apart from maybe a couple of derbies and the odd match here and there. Now Webster was dropped because Dobbo was the better prospect (and webster's an aussie). When we played wakey Cooke looked much the same as he did for us, pretty average wheras Dobson continues to perform at the highest level.

Players do deteriorate (look at all of FC's H/B's over the last 3 years )but they shouldn't in there mid 20's, Cooke did and in his full HKR career he has never been better than Dobson. I'd go as far as to say Cooke at his very best is not better than Dobson at his very best.