Surely the end goal is to ensure that French rugby league is sustainable as a full time professional sport, although generating income and support is important, you would think that youth development/player production should be there number one priority considering there main justification of bringing Catalan in and giving them dispensation from relegation was strenghting the French national team?

I believe they entered SL to do that have they done it no not really the International team in France is still poor at competing.

I think that's a double standard in SL.
Many English SL clubs build their youth team by bringing in young players from other areas.
Some have great youth development. Some don't and just piggy back.

The essencial thing for Catalan is to have a sustainable club yes but that is probably more about finances than youth development. They need to make sure they have a team that brings in crowds so they can invest locally.

And preempting the question - how long will they have to keep doing that?
My answer - as long as it takes

Not quite sure i get your point, regardless of where some clubs pick up players in the country those clubs are still producing international players for England.

Also, Catalans run at a loss year on year so they are not sustainable in there current form and also I don't thinkk they are bothered about that as long as they have a willing body to pour money into the club.

But again, that is the same as half SL.
They need to be judged on the same standards.

One of the RL Facebook pages are saying CC is looking down under for a player/players. How can we work this with our current quota? Forgive me I'm unsure of the present rules.

Aren’t we all. It’s a persistent rumour so maybe we do have a trick up our sleeves. I’ve honestly no idea what it might be.

Sosaia Feki won't be playing against us anytime soon... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/56116426

Sosaia Feki won't be playing against us anytime soon... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/56116426

Quote ="FIL"Sosaia Feki won't be playing against us anytime soon... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/56116426'" Maybe it's someone else's turn to suffer an injury crisis. I actually say that with no pleasure, I just feel we've had our fair share. Genuinely hope the lad recovers sooner rather than later.

Quote ="FIL"Sosaia Feki won't be playing against us anytime soon... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/56116426'" Maybe it's someone else's turn to suffer an injury crisis. I actually say that with no pleasure, I just feel we've had our fair share. Genuinely hope the lad recovers sooner rather than later.

Yeah...he was quality in the NRL but only managed 1 game for Cas last season.

Quote ="FIL"Sosaia Feki won't be playing against us anytime soon... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/56116426'" Wow, Cas fans will be in uproar based on what I saw over on there forum the other day, he`s played half a game for them in all the time he has been there hasn't he? Must be on some money as well.

Quote ="FIL"Sosaia Feki won't be playing against us anytime soon... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/56116426'" Wow, Cas fans will be in uproar based on what I saw over on there forum the other day, he`s played half a game for them in all the time he has been there hasn't he? Must be on some money as well.

Yeah I think so but if it is a 'season ending injury' I think they can just de-register him like they did with Gale a couple of seasons back and he then gets paid by the RFL or their insurers ??

I think the club still pay the wages, they just don't count against the salary cap.

Think they do! Did'nt wigan get done for trying to play that card a few seasons ago i seem to remember.

I wonder if this is the guy that MC said we where close to signing last year but for one reason or another he went else where and he would be intrested to see how well he went

I think that might have been Latu who ended up at Warrington

If a player's injured before the season kicks off, and is ruled out for the year then clubs can apply to have them taken off the cap. Cas did it with Gale, Hull KR with Masoe and there was another one recently as well I can't remember who.

Ok ! wigans season must have been under way then,

Yes never thought of him turned out good we didnt get him

Wasn't it Kevin Brown at Warrington when he did his ACL a couple of years ago ??

Yes, that’s right. I couldn't remember who it was.

Feel sorry for that Cas player who’s suffered another season ending injury. Less so for the Cas fans thinking he’s contract should get ripped up because of it.

We know only too well that injuries are a cruel part of the game (TJ and Arundel).

its absolutely disgusting the way the cas fans are wanting to get rid of Feki its not just one or two either

That's why it's called the Nutjob forum, just go to facebook/twitter to find ours.

With every club having 5,6 or 7 overseas players, all of whom should be in their respective clubs' matchday 17, it's no wonder the England / GB side is so poor.

On the subject of Catalan, I dont know if it's legal but, somehow British players ought to count as "overseas" for them.
Obviously, their squad is "within the rules" but, as others have suggested, their squad was supposed to be "French" but, at the moment, it looks closer to a side from the Wigan area, with a couple of French players thrown in.

For me, 7 "overseas" players is too many and it masks the fundamental problem of there not being a shortage of British players