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after the trauma brendan was put through and us missing in my opinion our best forward the most of the season , do I feel any sympathy? Not a scrap.

No sympathy at all.

DITTO

Come on people, you must have some sympathy...after all, they ARE a superleague club, and in an expansion area! Next you'll be telling me it's one rule for them...

You could say someone welshed on the welsh

My heart bleeds for them...not

Im going to break the trend on this thread and say I hope they sort it out. Yes they have loads of Austrailian players, but thats the fault of the RFL for allowing it to happen.

Andy, I can actually see your point.

My lack of sympathy isnt so much directly with the club as much as the way SL sort of waived these players through the system, and only now has the visa matter arisen.

Whereas we played by the rules, did things correctly, and have only just got Brendan back now!

Not that its done the Crusaders much good this season so far!

The best option for the game in Wales would have been to let Welsh players get hammered around the park all year and learn from it so they can truly grow the sport in the region rather than let a bunch of washed up money grabbing aussies get hammered around the park all year and no one in Wales is any the wiser.

You're right as well, it's the RFL's fault it's gotten as far as it has and for it to fail now the sport as a whole looks ridiculous.

From what I read the visa situation goes back to their pre-SL days.

According to some on the Crusaders website, some players were on student visas as they were enrolled on courses at the College. This entitles them to have a part-time job but not be employed full-time.

There was always the suspicion that the salary cap was being broken with the RFL turning a blind eye. It could be that the government knew how the players were getting paid and decided to investigate.

Of course that's just my view.

at the end of the day the entire rfl is a complete joke and makes a farce of our beloved sport, it's just one thing after another. rules get changed year after year , nobody knowes where they stand anymore, it's ridiculous .People mock football but at least there's continuety in it.

Are the RFL complicit in all this...?

How did 8 Celtic players get into the country after the RFL backed their applications after one Cougar player got knocked back?

I posted this question before...

And now, if there is fraud, who is behind it?

these are legitimate questions of course, not allegations....

Yes it's continually rubbish

well that's a matter of opinion, all I'm saying is that you don't get rule changes etc every season and promotion an relegation is always the same