yes your correct but vella wouldn't count because of his eu passport as i was corrected, if clinton was to be on the way out he would be the obvious one but it seems like he'l be in the 19 for sunday.

looks like dobbo was the only candidate. i cant imagine it will affect his contact in anyway and if it did we could always pay him his wages to water the plants

I've merged the two threads - hopefully still makes sense.

That's my reading of it. He's had the visa a while but as the quota won't let him play (or train?) here then he's not bothered to travel. The Dobson injury opened up an option and he's arrived.

As long as the RFL allow someone to "be" one nationality while travelling on a passport from a third country, he'll be OK. But he may be able to transfer the visa to the Tongan passport too.

If it arrives.

The Operational Rules only give one method to remove a contracted player from the register - termination of contract:



This would explain the RFL statement, and would mean that Dobson is currently a free agent.

Farcical.

Your right, a player who is de registered can't be re registered in the same season.

Lets hope your Board have thought this one through and got the ok from the RFL.

RE-REGISTRATION OF AN OVERSEAS PLAYER
C1:4:7 An "overseas Player" who is removed from a Club Register during the Season cannot then be placed back on that Club's Register in that same Season save with the permission of the Board.

So he is here as a Kiwi thus on quota until his Tongan one arrives at the Tongan high commision which is the UK.
Maybe the club think dealing with a commision in this country will be easier then just waiting until the Tongans get themselves in gear in Tonga.
Maybe as you say they want to be in a situation where they can rush his Tongan visa through when his passport finally arrives.

My memory wasn't playing tricks on me then.

The last 7 words maybe key here.
It may well the case that the RFL themselves want Mason here simply because of the press column inches he will give them and they have already cleared it with Rovers.
I do not for one second think Rovers or JM would have done this if they thought Dobson would be locked out of playing for the rest of the season or even made a free agent.

You'd effin' hope so!

Any precedents for the Board giving permission????

Yep, like I said you'd expect the KR Board to have already got this agreement - however you only have to look at the different language being used on the RFL and Hull KR sites re his contract to worry.

I wonder if the board have already agreed to re register Dobson. If not it seems a huge risk. If they have shouldn't they have already said so.

You'd also better hope that no club has the cap and quota space to make him an offer, because at the moment they can get him for free.

No they can't

According to the Operational Rules the wording on the RFL website is correct.

Have never suggested that.

Why not?

Are you suggesting hkr are lying to put their fans minds at rest in this money spinning good news week?

Panicking a bit again now!

We must have this sorted, surely a potential cock up of this magnitude can't happen.

I can't for one minute imagine we'd lose our main play maker for the rest of the season so as to be able to play a player in an area that we are already reasonably strong in.

With the form of our administration department, we'll probably have to pay a fee to re sign Dobson!

The news is out in the open now, lets see how many clubs make an offer for this "free agent"

I have no intention of getting involved in your local rivalry.

What goes around comes around.

Maybe Masons arrival was needed to bring in revenue?