2 Samoan born players in the squad of 25.......the team from Saturday was moe like an Auckland select xiii

So the world of sport has changed its eligibility rules to place of birth has it? Oh thats right its just RL you think should have this restrictive ruling, you know because god forbid all codes should have a grand partent eligibility rule. Oh hang on whats those foreigners doing running around in NZ and English sports teams and representing nations other than where they were born in the Olympics?

Having competitve Int RL is far far more important than your bizarre sense of rightful national eligibility.

I don't care where the players come from if they get results. Other sports seem to do ok with it.

I think ' Gutters ' is pointing out facts rather than opinion

7 out and 4 in from the 2015 squad. If only every club was this ruthless

Costigan
Poore
Keating
Burns
Lovegrove
Ulugia
Chan

Sio
Mantellato
Kelly
Blair

Haven't Costigan and Poore now gone?

Are you actually trying to take the moral high ground over other clubs because KR have finally managed to offload a couple of foreign players after 8 seasons? Brilliant.

We've signed an English player

burns, lovegrove, costigan and keating all wanted out, hardly the coaches or hudgells' decision! talk about grasping at straws!

FC fans taking the moral high ground whilst increasing there overseas numbers, what is it 8 now?, oh well no double standards there then.

chan

only played a few games on loan from hudds back end of 2014

To be honest I expect a couple more to come in before the season starts.

Whilst also conveniently forgetting the French hooker they've signed.

Who is fed trained.

ATEOTD No One is breaking any rules, so what's the big deal?

Sure have. That's why they are both included in the list of 7 out.

Sure have. That's why they are both included in the list of 7 out.

This is the point in that the rules are being adhered to. The RFL are not going to give us extra points at the end of the year for not using our quota.

I know our position is slightly skewed by the recent retirements of Costigan and Poore - and those quota spots are unlikely to stay unfilled, however we appear to have less Southern Hemisphere players in our squad for next year than (Based on Wikipedia, so not necessarily correct)
Catalans
Salford
Hull
Wakefield
Widnes
Castleford

We could still theoretically sign another 2 and have less than all those named except Cas. Although we would also have 2 Frenchmen.

We are competing with all of those clubs to either get in the lower part of the bottom 8 or not get relegated and I would think it remiss of the board of my club to not try and put out the best team (wherever the player is signed from) to ensure we don't get relegated next year.

No big deal



Just people responding to Philb's triumphant '7 out 4 in' post, which was a little dubious, and also his assertion that KR are somehow making a conserted effort to reduce their number of overseas players, being a shining example to other clubs.

So it bothered you when Philb wrote that? Maybe you should stick to the HUll FC board then it wont wind you up what a solitary Hull KR supporter says about their own club.

Miller wont play for fc, he will either move on or be deregde registered


No taking the moral high ground, just comical that a kr fan thinks its his club making the decisions when its the players who clearly dont want to be at your 'fantastic club'

'Bothered' would be a little strong, certainly not wound up. It's a public forum afterall, and any claims made on here have every right to be discussed, disputed, agreed with, where it's deemed necessary. Appreciate your input though.

You Hull fans.

I'd get that stutter sorted out if I were you.

do you think all this change in personnel is actually a good thing?

the top clubs tend to have a settled squad.

We're not a top club though. The top club in Hull, granted.