Six Crusaders are to be deported

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Whats the betting that we had some of them lined up for next season

10 year ban from the country for the players!

I'm sure the RFL will bail them out somehow.

I'm curious as to what the "inteligence led investigation" was. Not as if they were hiding away somewhere pretending not to be here is it.

I don't know, have you seen Celtic play?

Apart from 3 of our guys though - Tangata-Toa, Dyer, Lennon, all heroes (Tangles in particular I wish we could have kept).

Yup, they went ahead against us both times we played them.

havent some of them been there 3 years ???

very intelligence led

Great work, bet there are 100s of illegals in this country living off the state, yet our 'officials' use their inteligence to find 6 people paying tax week in week out just trying to earn a living..................? This country is a joke.

Someone not doing their job correctly? news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 839695.stm

Someone not doing their job correctly? news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 839695.stm

What a joke this country is !!!!!!!!!!

[iThis situation does however provide us with an ideal opportunity to give some Welsh youngsters valuable first team action for our final three games of the season, starting this Saturday when we play Leeds Rhinos in Newport.[/i



I bet they just wanted them out and grassed themselves up.



I don't know what's worse, not getting players in the first place or getting them sent back. A farce all round.

yes surely when you havent given visas to somebody, then they appear on television, it doesnt take much intelligence to spot the mistake.......

Jesus what is it with this country it is a disgrace

How interesting it is to note that once again the RL has double standards. I always thought they were leaning as much as they could to get the Welsh team into Super league at the expense of Widnes. The rules state quite clearly that 'in order to register any import player The RL require a work visa and a signed contract'.

For me the whole welsh fiasco is down to the League once again pandering to Sky TV. They are, for my money, behind this expansionist clap trap!

Just had a look on the RFL website and guess what, not a mention of this story. The RFL will have a hard time getting their story straight on this one!The RFL are a joke, no way did Celtic Crusaders score better than Widnes or Leigh in the assessment, they were fast tracked as an 'experiment'. How can they survive, I say get rid and bring Widnes in next season.

You guys faced expulsion for playing one ineligible player in the cc, surely playing six should see Celtic kicked out of Super League.

Which ineligible players have they played?

The 6 that are being deported Kosh.

we got the highest fine ever for playing 1, they played 6 they are skint, oh dear not looking good is it

You may find there is a difference between being allowed to work in the UK (an immigration matter) and being registered with the RFL to play Super League (an administrative matter).

Surely the fault lies not with Crusaders but with the RFL for registering them when they did not have the proper visas.

Not if the RFl had accpeted there registrations

Guess they will end up at Catalans

You've done agency work, they have to make the relevant checks to make sure you are eligible to work in the UK, I would imagine the RFL should have done the same, and certainly it seems Catalans were maybe already aware they had a potential problem.

Im assuming here that under the asylum and immigration legislation Celtic carried out the proper checks before employeeing the individuals. If they didnt they would be liable for serious punishment as an employer. The RFL i guess should also check the eligibility or at least regulate it