In your post you highlighted the simple exploiting of such a system with a boom shanka to boot, that was my point regarding being stupid. If you're going to do it, at least keep schtum about it.

Long time since ive been called sensible!!



You just need to be careful of the separate entity bit................I believe they can get you on the common shareholders/directors etc....

Good luck to you guys,you wont be doing anything that other clubs arent already doing .

No need to keep schtumn. It's perfectly legal in law and under the regs set out by the RFL.
It's maybe a hole in the laws than the RFL cannot fill because of the employment act, which enables part time clubs to sign bigger names and still come under the cap. I make no apologies for the BOOM SHANKA!!!

Good! I think Collis is a quality player and definitely dont want to lose him!

i think if he has a good and full pre-season and gets over his hamstring troubles hes potentially the best centre we have had in a long long time not suprised at all if other teams are sniffing for dean collis .

You'd have thought so though wouldn't you, with quite a few teams still appear to be short of players. Don't know if it's down to the players own demands being a little bit too optimistic.

Collis is class, you could clearly see that last season, how often he'd draw both the oppo's and winger in to create the overlap and flick the pass out, he's also got a good step as well.

Agreed, we've not seen the best of DC yet but hopefully we will.


Quallity player.

I have been told 2 rumours by 2 different people, neither of which i have much confidence in!

One said Wilkes to Fev the other one said Mellars to Fev???

I still want to see Mellars played in his proper position,on the wing.

I could see Mellars going to Fev - he knackered his eye last season didn't he and I'm sure at one point there was a suggestion his playing career may be over? Clearly that hasn't proven to be the case, but it must have been a serious injury. Either way, we didn't see anything like the form he showed for Crusaders.

Wilkes would be a bigger loss, but you have to assume that if he's been released, we have a replacement lined up.

As for Fev - if all of this activity is being funded by Feisal, you can only hope for their sake that they have a contingency plan in place - he dropped Cas like a hot brick when things didn't go his way and I have no doubt that he'd do the same with Fev.

who says that's his proper position?

Both rumours are incorrect- although another player may be on his way to Feath

As I understand that's where he played at Crusaders.

He played mainly in the centre, usually with Elliot Kear on the wing. Of course he can play wing but don't think it is his "proper position".

Doesn't seem to have enough speed or agility for a winger to me.

Just looked back and you're correct, he played centre, I do apologise.

Season 2010 Vince mellars played 24 games scoring 12 tries Elliot kear played 6 games scoring zero tries.
Jingers right he is a winger

Matt james on loan is one I heard

Urban myth peddled on here. Yes he can play on the wing but most of his career has been at centre. He even had a short spell in the second row during his 2nd year at Crusaders but nearly always was at centre during his time there. The wingers were a mix of Gareth Thomas, Elliott Kear, Stuart Reardon, Nick Youngquest & Luke Dyer. Think Ryhs Williams had a spell there as well.

Providing there is a recall option then i'm fine with that, the regular game time will do him good.

Ihave been talking to a old mate of mine a stalwart at Fev Rovers he as said that Fev deffo got Olli Wilks

That's the one

Seems an odd time to let a player go just as pre season has started

or another way, the perfect time, as long as a replacement starts as he leaves.

Matt James it is, full time deal. Thats back up to two forwards needed then.

Mason and Kirke have been doing the rounds for months. no smoke withour fire??