Quote ="wrencat1873"Are we bending the rules to help Toronto or, have they just uncovered a long forgotten loophole ? It's to be hoped that they dont break any rules and suffer a points deduction '" Not bending the rules for Toronto and nothing new. Couple of examples from recent years of other clubs using the same rule https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/pa ... to-widnes/ https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ial-484149

Quote ="wrencat1873"Are we bending the rules to help Toronto or, have they just uncovered a long forgotten loophole ? It's to be hoped that they dont break any rules and suffer a points deduction '" Not bending the rules for Toronto and nothing new. Couple of examples from recent years of other clubs using the same rule https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/pa ... to-widnes/ https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ial-484149

No he has been signed using a different rule entirely to that which allows 2 amateurs in reserve games only.

You have to say that this doesn't look great.
A supposed all new, very wealthy club, unable to put a squad together to get them beyond week 2 of the comp.
Maybe if they had a reserve or academy side, they may not need to do this ??

Mmm Tony Gigot on £0 throws a hospital pass to SBW on £1.7m and says ‘earn your money sucker ‘

I'm presuming it's just a way of having a player until they can make the space on the cap, by either off-loading O'Brien or persuading Wilkin he can retire. Whether it's cheating the cap is a moot point, but not dissimilar to the Fielden situation at Wigan, where some of his salary was deferred to the following year,, which turned out to be a breach.

I would have thought, however, that the term "triallist" should exclude any player who has either played in the Super League or will be used in a Super League game. Having a trial for a club shouldn't involve playing immediately in the first team squad as it is too open to abuse.