Approved, according to Dr Koukash on Twitter, who as usual hasn't waited for the proper channels to announce it officially.

So according to the Doc this has been approved. Its a double edge sword for me. On one hand we can bring some real talent into the Super League but at what expense. Salford have proved that spending big on players leaves your youth team to suffer and they haven't exactly lit the competition up either. Teams like Warrington, Wigan, Saints and Leeds will be able to afford to bank role a player but teams like Cas, Wakefield, Huddersfield won't. I think this will destroy the youth game to be honest. Whats everyones thoughts?

"Calling Mr Cronk, Calling Mr Cronk".

And so let the gulf between teams widen further still.

Which version of the Marquee player ruling, the last one i read about was it had to be a homegrown player, which would only really help Wigan and Tomkins!

Maybe we could use it on Kallum Watkins??? Or was he signed directly from Latchford??

We need to wait for the official confirmation, is it marquee overseas or it is marquee home grown? I have read both versions recently.....

if it is the 'any player' marquee rule.. what position should we be looking at.. a decent HB or a prop?

Half back, every sngle day of the week!

But is there the talent available from down under ? Even the NRL is suffering from their youth choosing Aussie Rules over rugby & that is why they are coming over taking our best players or our players who they can develop to suit NRL. Most of their talent is now made up of old stagers who fans over here will not see the best of.

Over age,over paid & over here !

Perhaps as an exciting twist to SL 2016 there should be a mid season fan vote to whether or not your Marquee Signing is still worthy of that title, or if you can 'evict' them and sign someone better.

Yes ,phone in votes would make a fortune for the game .

Now announced on BBC.
Super League clubs vote for marquee player rule from 2016

Super League clubs have voted for a marquee player rule to come into force in 2016, which will allow teams to make top signings with part of their finances outside the salary cap.
The proposal, twice rejected, was approved at the league's Annual General Meeting in Manchester on Wednesday.
Currently the cap of £1.85m per club must cover the salaries of the whole playing squad.
Salford owner Marwan Koukash tweeted: "Fantastic day for Super League."
Clubs in Super League, such as Salford and Warrington, have been keen to bring in a marquee player rule in order to attract top talent from the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand, as well as retain the best players amid interest from the NRL and rugby union.

ken davy is said to be distraught (he's not actually but based on his comments in last weeks league express i'll bet he is)

What gulf? There's 6 points separating 4th and 10th.

Let's hope that Mr Moran, with his deep pockets, sticks around then!

So the marquee player ruling will come in from 2016, so if Leigh come up to SL for example with a marquee player signed for next season on say a 2 year contract, what will happen to them,the player & his increased salary if they go straight back down to the championship ? Will the player automatically transfer to the club taking their place i wonder.

I'm certain the player wont just transfer to the club coming up, most contracts had get outs following relegation when SL had a 1 up 1 down policy in the past - I assume the same would happen again.

On the SL website it says the club must [i'meet clearly-defined affordability criteria based around their income and expenditure'[/i Why can't Championship clubs have this in place too? As long as the club could prove that they could afford its marquee player exemption. Doesn't seem fair otherwise?

More details here [urlhttp://superleague.co.uk/article/32360/super-league-clubs-embrace-marquee[/url

Think I speak for most on here when I say I'll be pretty disappointed if we don't have a top class, international HB from the NRL in our line up next year.

So an overseas player would still take almost 10% of your SC. Don't see much benefit here.

I dont think its just about paying a super star ££££ but also frees up more cash to spread around to the other players, could be the differance the keeping a good youngster at the club,

Take Rory's £200k+ salary only having £150k on the cap would free up another 70-80k

Seems Smithy got a few targets www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/32 ... on-marquee

Seems Smithy got a few targets www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/32 ... on-marquee

Some Ring me when Inglis signs........otherwise I'm not bothered.......

and I will remain underwhelmed by Any NRL signing because..........




I've seen Roy Asotasi play........

With the exception of Matt King, I can't recall a single overseas signing in my 30-odd years of watching Wires who we have had [igenuine[/i value for money from who would qualify as a marquee signing, in terms of prestige, ability, profile and star status.

On the other hand, those that [iwould[/i have qualified under those criteria have generally been total let-downs and resembled Dick Turpin in NRL clothing.

Joel Monaghan

i dont think anyone will be going out and offering daft money to a superstar.... i think this probably allows us a little bit of salary cap slack to bring in a player wouldn't have been in a position to previously.

Im not clued up on the NRL really, so dont have a great knowledge of the players in it... However, I am expecting this rule to enable us to bring in someone, probably a HB, who will be arguably the leading player in the league in that position... Something we are crying out for.