A British signing ??

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100% Warrior
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A British signing ??

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As from next season the overseas quota is being reduced from 4 to 3.

As a result the club aren't able to go out and sign all these overseas players we are currently being linked with.

Therefore, if you had to sign a British player for the Warriors who would it be ??
ChrisA
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Doesnt have to be a British signing to get around it, the whole commonwealth issue comes into play now. But good British signings, hmm hard one to answer, Obviously Scully, Senior, Gleeson, Fielden etc come into it, but we wont get them. We would have to pay a fee for anyone british im afraid.
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100% Warrior posted:
As from next season the overseas quota is being reduced from 4 to 3.
I thought it was already down to three this season which is why we have two "kiwi's" as one (or maybe both) won't ocunt on the quota.
As a result the club aren't able to go out and sign all these overseas players we are currently being linked with.
There are quite a few ways around the quota (unfortunatley) so if we are linked with a "kiwi" thereoculd be a chance he has a south sea islnd type of passport which means he won't count on the quota.

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ChrisA
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It was 5 last season, this season it's 4, next is 3.
DaveO
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ChrisA posted:
It was 5 last season, this season it's 4, next is 3.
It seems you are a year behind the times :lol:

See here:

http://uk.rleague.com/news/index.php?id=9711

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ChrisA
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Only a year behind lol, mind you i wish it was this time last year rugby wise anyway.
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Post by GeoffN »

Correct, Dave - I didn't see that article when it first appeared, but the guy talks a lot of sense (except predicting the schoolboys' result!)

At the moment, though, we only have 2 quota players; Dallas and Moran...Vaealiki and Seuseu both have Samoan links (Samoa, of course, being a well known EC country! :wink: ).

ChrisA
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Kulpak ruling, took me a while to remember it.
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Adrian Morley! Without a doubt, he could do really well at Wigan and Wigan ccould do really well with him!
NUMBER 1 SPOT HERE WE COME!!!
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:eusa2: well said that girl
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