With his kicking game, we would be extremely hard to beat...

Nigel Wood did say tonight that Wigan did it with two players a couple of seasons ago. It is not a loop hole as a lot of people seem to think and as long as the RL board agree he can be re- registered in the same season. HKR think the Mason passport thing will be sorted in the next few days apparently.

I wouldn't say "nowhere near". Not good enough I will grant you, but he is better than "nowhere near".

Isn't it the case that the de-reg player still counts on the salary cap though?

Yeah but its not his salary they are trying to get around it's his quota status.

There is supposedly a rule though that once you have de-registered a quota player he cannot be registered again that season without permission from the board.

I'm assuming the RFL will give them permission as Mason's Tongan passport is just "delayed"

Is Dobson a free agent or not?

I think its irrelevant because he'd never pass a medical at Wigan anyway even if he is but still is he? Because surely they cant de register a player then still have him contracted.

According to the Hull Daily Mail, yes he is.
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This could bite Rovers in the backside if they're not careful.

Now that would be a shame.

Sign him up Madge. A half back with a kicking game

Can he play right centre?

If I was involved with Saints I'd be watching this situation with interest.

My mum's, brother's, friend's mum's dog sitter told me he's gone to Australia, so make of that what you will

Lol if hes gone to visit Australia then i'd guess he could well be suited to playing no. 3

Woosh

If the Dobbins weren't trying to make their 1-17 completely Antipodean then none of this would be happening

Why on earth couldn't they just wait until next week to give him a debut, if they are that confident that the documentation will come through 'in the next few days'

Seems like a lot of faff just to get him out for a home game against Crusaders.

I wouldn't have bitten on this one BK.

What isn't in doubt though is that Pat was deservedly the MoS last season, so if he really was "nowhere near" good enough to get in the Aussie side then the standard of SL must be desperately low.

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I think that woosh would be better suited to you here I knew you were joking lol

oh dear..I believe this should be the whoosh

12/17 were british in last game.

So the Rugby League will bend over backwards to help H.K.R. bend the rules but when Wigan wanted to register Stuart Fielden by deferring other player's pay (which wasn't against the rules) they said no.

They said you are operating against the spirit of the rules and must be punished.

Because:
Webster was banned
Clinton "had a knock"
Mason hadn't arrived
Dobson was injured
Lovegrove was injured

All would have been selected if available.

Ok ok we both made the same joke, I retract my woosh