First club to come calling were Salford, they would have triggered his Super League clause.

Cas “became aware of availability” and decided to give him a go because of injuries.

If he doesn’t work out suspect he will be released back on DR. Relationship with Cas still ok as Maher and Green on DR.

No perfect, but in circumstances I think best outcome.

Didn't we sign Aaron Heremaia but then he went to Widnes ?

I don't know the circumstances on the Brad Davis deal, but the Micky Higham deal was Fax wanted to sign him for nothing,Saints came In and gave Leigh an amount of cash plus a player, as well as offering Mickey better terms,it was a no brainer for both Leigh and Higham.

Aye.

Pete, again Aaron chose to sign for a SL Club and more cash, you can't blame him.

Ian, if I go in't White Horse and buy a pint of bitter for £3.00 and someone tells me it's £2.50 next door in't Black Bull, I don't tell the barmaid to pour it back in't barrell do I? I've already bought it!

QLT, what does it all matter? I've just watched an appalling match Hudds - v- Catalans, a CC QUARTER FINAL watched by about a thousand. I remember watching Fax beat Wakey in a quarter final watched by 13 thousand. Rugby League is dying a slow and painful death ……. RIP

No he didn't. His Mrs was homesick so he went back to NZ. Played NSW cup then signed for Auckland Warriors for a couple of years. Then he went to Hull then Widnes.

I've just watched that. A pitifully poor game. The lack of skill and class was alarming. The crowd, or lack of it, from a Huddersfield point of view was embarrassing. Shocking, boring rubbish would be a kind description of the game and Sky's decision to cut it off without any summary at the end was a blessing. Utter tripe!

Maybe so Pete, but if Higham had already signed for Fax then surely he would have had to honour the deal , which suggests he hadn't signed and no deal was in place.

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Agree with everybody Tonights Game was utter Tish

Bin. You've got enough to deal with your own problems.

Hope it's not true but a clue is 52 of your neighbors would like to know if they can have their lawnmowers back.

I’m sure the club have received money for Q. I’m sure these clauses don’t read ‘ if a Super League club want you to play for them we will just let you go.” QLT was our player therefore money has to be paid. No club would let any player leave in the middle of a contract without some sort of remuneration.
DP was saying they have been looking for replacement for Hardacher since his departure. You haven’t been looking very hard Darryl! Why didn’t you sign QLT when Toronto released if he is so important to you squad now? I wonder if something has been / or is going on between the two clubs. Not that I’m a conspiracy theorist but it does seem of Cas want him now.

as far as know all championship clubs standard contracts have if SL club wants they can sign. not put there by the championship clubs but RFL/SL

I understand that but there has to be payment. You don’t let a player just leave to a higher league club because it’s in the contract. I am sure a contact will be “ if a SL club wish to sign you we will not efyse this, however the club wishing to sign you must pay a remuneration for your transfer,”

We have a quota spot now since gary lo was released.

It used to be that players from nations such as Samoa (QLT) were exempt under the Kolpak ruling.
I haven’t been keeping up with all the rules but unless they have changed he would count anyway.

That’s Cas who has a space. Doesn’t impact on the contract QLT signed at fax. Yes, a clause to leave if approached by aSL team, but that SL team will have to pay something..... and Lo was played on the wing, hardly a replacement for Hardacher.

I thought you asked why wasn't he picked up earlier, we couldn't have signed him when he was released by toronto. We were in the market for Gareth O'brien.

Why didn't we sign a full back in nov-December God only knows.

I have no idea what your post means

Haven’t posted for a while but the last week has seen Fax’s usual trials and tribulations rolled into 7 potentially pivotal days.
Hope, proving the doubters wrong, then slammed back down to earth in a flash.
Can’t knock Fax here, they got their man, he proved his worth, it just didn’t last as long as we would have liked.
However, my frustration is that Daryl Powell now holds far too many aces for us, with a phone call he can turn us from top 4 contenders to mid table battlers. We already have to fight against a loaded system that assists development clubs in more fashionable sounding regions, and clubs with millionaires who cant afford football clubs.
So what can we do, well for me, get on the phone now and start to look at DR with Wigan, Leeds or Saints for next season. I’m really not comfy with the last few weeks highlighting the frailty of holding onto our 3 strongest performers i.e. Fleming, Maher and QLT.
Nobody can tell me Daryl Powell will not have a softer spot for Featherstone than Fax, we should avoid such potential conflicts like the plague in the future.
Were no threat to Leeds, Wigan or Saints.

Isnt Mitch Clark on a Month to Month Loan ? Notice DP didn't recall him

Yes Its a free for all, and were the lunch, and he hasn’t gone sniffing for the other championship solid fullback Ian Hardman. He did take Finn with him though, for a bit.
Sorry Daryl, hope the board can keep it sweet until the end of the season, but want nothing more to do with this man. QLT is 33, has had his head turned, been sold a last hurrah dream, he’s not going to set SL alight though. He will make more money being a Cas bench warmer and water carrier than a potential Fax legend though, good luck to him, don’t blame him really.

Notice Cas had a good win . No Qlt and Greg Eden back. Feels a bit like the " special relationship with USA on trade tariffs . Let's see how we go today though . It's where are the try's coming from that's key. Need Butler being put through on short passes.

What we actually know from what those involved have said.
1. QLT signed for Fax and he asked for the release clause as part of the deal otherwise he would have looked at other options.
2. The week following on from Blackpool interest came in for Q from SL clubs, the first named club was Salford, Castleford then became aware of this (how we don’t know) and also showed interest.
3. Q was made aware of the situation, thought about it and he chose Castleford.
4. Because of the release clause and Q deciding to activate it Fax had no choice but to let him go.
5. Regardless of whether we would have him back on some loan or DR deal the club have said we may yet see him return this is why they have said it’s the best that they could get from it.

How all this affects anything else between the 2 clubs, who knows, I presume they will know a lot more than me what is actually, factually in place.