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Oh dear.......I fear we make be back in the firing line next year


I can't believe this has been an ongoing investigation, so who rattled border controls cage?

I love the comment:
"As the result of an intelligence-led investigation into possible immigration offences among players at Celtic Crusaders, we can confirm that six Australian nationals have been served with papers confirming that they are illegally present in the UK."

translated.......we got a call from some angry bloke who lives near Wigan who is still annoyed his team didn't get in.....

Phew! We're OK.

We think we have it bad but the fans of Celtic have just heard that six of their Aussies must leave by 7/9/09. Van Dijk,Hannay and Co.

I think I can guess how a few of the replies will go here.

Some posters on the Saints board being dramatic says the end of Celtic Crusaders, yes perhaps Newport! but more serious the first game they take to Newport and this should happen, of course cries for bring Widnes in.

It shows how parochial our game still is! this season has been embarrassing in the rugby weekly press the whining from some clubs supporters who did not make Super League.

It is rumoured the complaint came from the Wigan area, oh no not Leigh! would that be.

[iThose in glass houses sometimes should not throw stones[/i do we remember some players (no not those saints who are never sinners) becoming involved with betting offences, with the FA they handed out real sentences to those who broke rules as seen recently with player s form such as Accrington Stanley!

It sounds like a fake surname to me. I think he's really an albino Samoan.

You are insinuating it is something to do with the Leigh club , better watch out or somebody might ring the RFL to tell then about your poor crowds

To be honest can't say any of those would be a big loss for them. Duggan and Quinn were being released, Dick van Dyke is the worst half in SL, Hannay and Mapp were good once and what can you say about Court. Give the young Welsh fellas a go - nothing to lose.

Some on the Saints board are saying the opposite to that, however!

I feel sorry for the Celtic fans but so long as the club are not found guilty of anything then there is no reason why this couldn't work out well for them in the long term as they now have a chance to recruit well for next season, get their act together during the off season and start afresh. Their fans won't feel like that just now but hopefully all the bad news is done with and things can kick on for them.

Meanwhile, their young reservists are in for a thrashing over the next three weeks, the poor guys!

Joke of a 'franchise' since day 1. It makes us look like RL club of the decade.

Whereas Leigh were pulling 10k a week in their SL season!

Eh , he started it

club have cancelled there contracts with immediate effect apparently

Hmm now if i have seen correct on all the tv progs re border control, it is down to an employer to make sure that visas are in order as much as the person themselves
If it was something to do with visa applictions before they came over, it must be something that they failed to disclose when filling in the paperwork out in oz!! seems highly unlikely that 6 of em would do the same thing
Could it be a conspiricy by the club who may be running out of money??

summat to think about

any money on em winning there next outing?

Good job we are not down to play them, they may have felt confident they could Perhaps win!

I think LMS birthright could be in doubt! In the Indy on Sunday it was said he was Croydon born, whereas the song say "born in Millwall, Isle of Dogs". Who knows maybe he was born in Wagga Wagga!

Tell us it isn't so Louie, imagine being born in.............Croydon!

Registration district: Tower Hamlets don't include croydon.

According to today's Sun they came in on tourist and holiday visas!!! Mmmmm that's why they were caught out - Bridgend is hardly sun, sea, sand and a UK holiday hotspot is it!!!!

No, but it has a castle!

I heard they came out as not full time professional sportsmen, on their visa's?

Does know one at RFL HQ check this as the governing body?

This will not look good on me but

As Mr samuels admitted a Few weeks ago that some players worked for his co , Dekor , and some worked as Community Dev officers in Wales potentially paid for by the RFL

nothing looks good on you

With your ' fixation ' about our CEO you'll be glad to know he attended the meeting at Halifax today with the RFL along with other clubs hoping to submit a licence application in 2011

So you can make up another of those boring little voice over thingy's