Just looked it up and Gentle, the new coach at Salford, is okay for a work permit at least, as he has 'ancestral links' here (Manc Evening News).

Maybe not, certainly in a Mason type way but do we have any like that anymore? I just thinkWigan who are held up as the club who has all this wealth of homegrown talent shouldn't need to have 8 o/seas players or at least should get an equal amount of criticism to what we get.

Lovegrove counts as club-trained due to a dispensation - though he only just missed out on qualifying legitimately. Gene pushed the rfl on one of the steps of their back track, but that went universal pretty swiftly.

He is staying at least 2 more years

Nice one Hudge, good work to get him signed up before his agent has arrived in the country.

Have you had to increase his wages much?,,,,,,

Why does this post fill me with dread..

Although ,sad to say,the next round was only as far as you progressed.Still annoying though.

Was always going to happen tbf. Both sides knew that was both of our cup finals.

HHhhmmm....
Yes you can de-register me but you give me your blessing that I can leave at the end of the season no questions asked if I wished.

Can't blame him for wanting to go back home. He is bit like Carl ablett for us in that he is a lot younger than he looks. Would be a big miss for you guys

Not a lot we can do about it if he goes home, we will just have to replace him and get on with it.

I think he was stay for at least next season

i havent read the full thread,but although it would be a loss to your team(as well as superleague), i wonder what effect being deregistered for mason had on him.you couldnt blame him if it pushed his nose out a bit,as most people (if their honest) would admit to feeling a little underwhelmed/unwanted by it if they suffered a similar fate,regardless of what was publically said by all affected parties in the papers.
nobody but dobbo knows what he will do,but if he leaves,a player of his quality would be hard for you to replace.
the report in some of todays papers stating that some returning oz players have been voted the seasons worst recruitments in the nrl this season may swing another season for you

Being deregistered won't be a factor as the club told him it was until he was ready to play again and that's what happened

aye,i know what was said and what happened,but only dobbo knows if it peed him off,as he would never admit it publically and break the clubs official line.and would he have been resigned if you had been playing well and mason been a massive hit and not talked to toulouse and didnt get his permit.
he may well be okay with it all and sign for a few more years. i cant pretend i know his mind,but i know it would have hit a raw nerve with me if i was a loyal player and was deregistered when i was injured just to make way for another player(especially a newcomer to the ranks).
if he stays its good for you and superleague, if he goes back he gets to test himself against the best.
without your red n white glasses on,what would you do?

aye,i know what was said and what happened,but only dobbo knows if it peed him off,as he would never admit it publically and break the clubs official line.and would he have been resigned if you had been playing well and mason been a massive hit and not talked to toulouse and didnt get his permit.there must of been a period of uncertainty for both players.
he may well be okay with it all and sign for a few more years. i cant pretend i know his mind,but i know it would have hit a raw nerve with me if i was a loyal player and was deregistered when i was injured just to make way for another player(especially a newcomer to the ranks).
if he stays its good for you and superleague, if he goes back he gets to test himself against the best.
without your red n white glasses on,what would you do?

I would assume that Dobbo, like all players at all clubs will do what is BEST for their own careers and bank balances. The test of loyalty is not one that is relevant in the modern game, barring one or two exceptions.

true, if an offer comes in and he wants to go, he goes, and we look for someone else, end of.

It is the problem all clubs that sign overseas players have, they come here to get the break that gets them the experiance then they go home to play in the NRL where they wanted to be in the first place. If he goes he has my best wishes as he has given Rovers & Super league good value, (I want him to stay though). We will face the dilema of most UK sides as there are not many outstanding young half backs around so we will have to just keep looking.

don;t worry hudgell is playing you again by causing panick than will reveal dobbo signs again in a big fanfare helping to paper over mason saga and making him dobbins king once again

Are you Hulls No1 rapper, East Yorkshires Kanye West so to speak or is your spelling just that rubbish..

Are u for real

And in English,that is.............?

=#FF0000Edit-RW by 9:14pm

Dobbo is likely to stay at Rovers next season according to his agent David Riolo. He says he has taken calls off NRL clubs keen on Dobbo but expects him to stay next season.

Could be a nice little bargaining tool get a better deal for Dobbo.

He represents seven Hull KR players including Vella, Galea and Fisher who are all out of contract at the end of this season. He also looks after Clinton and Morgan who have been linked to clubs in OZ.
Riolo, who will be at Sundays game with Wolves, was not willing to discuss Morgs future and his links to Penrith Panthers according to the HDM.