Theyve just signed 2 aussies up havent they, dobson is on his was so should be a spot there.

Would be nice to get an assistant with some experience, but who is available.

Cant wait for the close season so we know who are players are next year, would love a huge announcement before the London game and another before the Hudds game.



England national so would be free from quotas, with experience, could do a lot worse I suppose, just wonder his fitness with him weighing 22st

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Not a signing but a new business team, who will all invest equally will be coming in to run the club according to the T&A.

All this talk of sound financial footing and experienced businessmen runni g the club must be worrying and upsetting to those who predicted the club to fold following the wages problem

I really hope not. An Aussie version of Langley.

Read that, all seems to be moving in the right direction.

Bigger, better, stronger next years that all we can hope for.

I did think this would get a thread of it's own actually, it may do soon anyway.

My first thought when I read this, and I'm probably wrong, but wasn't a large number of board members and investors one of the main problems the last lot had? And they basically couldn't agree on anything?

Large number of shareholders, yes. Large number of investors, no.

Part of problem was that previous shareholding split meant no single person had a majority. Caisley was largest shareholder but not majority shareholder so could be outvoted. Presumably OK will retain majority shareholding this time. Interesting that it mentions sutcliffe as an investor. Common perception has been he was just a figurehead and didn't actually put any funds in.

Could one of mods split posts about new investment off to a new thread?. Doesn't make sense to have it in rumours thread.

English players who aren't English still count on the Quota.

For example, Chase takes up one of Castlefords Quota spots

Still dont understand the Chase problem, he can play for England due to residency but cant bet a work permit as he is a Zealander???, its either one or the other.

The non-fed quota is nothing to do with VISAs. Rangi counts on the non-fed quota because he wasn't trained as a junior in this country. His VISA worries were completely separate and relate to him being a naughty boy when he was on t'other side of the world.

Ahhh ok thanks for clearing that up, but if he is a resident in the UK would his visa not matter anyway or am i barking up the wrong tree.

Not 100% clued up on it myself, but there is definitely some difference (legal or otherwise) between being able to represent a nation in a sporting event, and having a visa to work in said country.

Was just wondering as he is a UK resident, i know it differs from citizen that maybe where im getting abit mixed up.

Anyway back to the topic in hand, who realistically are we able to entice, no doubt the others clubs are looking around for players, but maybe we are a more possible option maybe some players may want to come here and try and help the club back into the top table.

I'm pretty sure Heighington is English.

would be automatic on being granted a visa, he could hardly do the work his visa allowed him to do if he couldn't live here, after all. I'm pretty sure the visa is tied in with the job though, so any change in employer would require a new visa and if conditions have changed this may, or may not, be granted.

Interesting re Heighington - Born and raised in Australia (Born in Sydney), but has a British passport.

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Even with the above, I think he's Australian.

That's exactly what issue with chase was. He got a fresh conviction in oz AFTER his current visa was granted. He has to reapply for a visa at end of 2014 season if he stays at cas or straight away if he changes clubs and there was doubts this would be granted. Presumably club signing him are confident that a new visa will now be issued.

. I certainly thought he'd gone over as a child, but apparently not, maybe he went over as a 'bump'.

Could be the country of conception, but there is every possibility it was a airline bathroom...would that make him international then???

Don't think you can apply for a passport due to the country of conception, imagine how many English kids would have a second passport for Greece or Spain!

I've got rellies over in Aus who have were born in Adelaide but with a single British parent/grandparent are entitled to a British passport and residency- not 100% sure that they might have to claim it by the age of 18 and neither am I sure the government haven't made rumblings about changing it, but I think that's still the situation.

If Wests down under are struggling and letting some go, isn't that where Potter is and Lulia has just signed? If so, he must now be wondering whether his contract is now secure.

Only noticed the wests problem when I saw a report the board or the owmers want a cash injection of 1mil usd or the club will collapsed, earliy similar to us, potter must take the bad luck with him. And if they are trying to unload some we could do worse than for potter to point them in maybe our direction.

Really want to know our signings, come on guys give us some hints as to who they are, we could turn it into a quiz.

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