I dont honestly think anything will come from it now and regardless if it does, it will not effect the club, just Sam who would have made a concious decision to play.

AS FOR ALL THOSE WHO SAID THAT YOU WOULD WIND HIM UP, YOU ONLY WOUND YOURSELF UP AND I THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HALF YOUR DOWNFALL !!!!

As someone who is a qualified official and very familiar with RFL rules, Halifax RLFC have fielded an ineligible player. That is the bottom line. Sheffield will pursue this matter vigorously.

Ah well, whatever will be will be. We've screwed up so many times this year - what's another case lost? We're in the final again. Whoop de doop !!!

You are Mark Aston and I claim my £10

Well, no. Seeing a the RFL said he could play. How did you think that conversation went;

Halifax: 'Hi RFL, bit of a confusion about whether Sam Barlow can play. He's the write-up etc. What do you reckon?'

RFL: 'Ah right, well no he can't play to be honest. But we'll tell you and the media that we said ''we see no reason why he can't play'', but no, looking at that you have certainly got an ineligible player. Umm, play him and see what happens.'

Halifax: 'Oook, but the partyline is you've told us and the media he's ok to play'

RFL: 'Yes'



You can go crazy and sue Mr.Barlow all you like. If Halifax fielded an ineligible player, we'd be thrown out on Monday morning as that's the rules. As it happens, I can't see that happening because the club did the right thing by asking.

From the other thread...

Sam Barlow pobably have thrived off the stick we were giving him, will anything come of him playing tonight, who knows, but he must have immensely low standards as a human being, whether the stipulation was a verbal or contractual agreement it makes no difference in my eyes, certainly not in principle, a man who goes back on his word is a coward and I'm just glad he's not playing for my club anymore - and I mean that.

Although what I will add to this is that I've spoken to Sam on many occasions and to be fair he'd probably struggle changing a light bulb, if Fax told him it was alright to play he'll have just gone along with it, I still stand by it being cowardly though and he could've made the correct decision (morally) for himself, he's a grown man after all. Supposedly.

Haha, falsehood. Tubby is not a qualified ref that I know of.

I did once play at No.7 for Sheffield. IMBRL that is.

Badvibes isn't going to live that one down. He bloody wishes he was Mark Aston.

Your damned skippy I wish I was.

Ahh so as a qualified referee you know about RFL rules and procedures about contracts and procedures?

Yes. I'm familiar with them. I am giving my opinion based on what I know about the situation with Barlow and how it should be dealt with. Only two people know the whole story, and I'm sure the rest of us will a find out the rest soon enough.

Are you one of the two people that know the whole story?

Nope. Course not. Im giving my opinion based on what the public know and the rules of the RFL.

What are the rules of the RFL?

I'll look at those in detail tomorrow.