Rich Beaumont and Franke Mariano have been handed pro deals for next season.

Good luck to them, hope they go on to have excellent careers.

Dont know alot about Beaumont, what position is he?

typo - hmmmmmm, he's a prop. This maybe suggests we will only make one more signing, if any, as we would now be running with a squad of 26 made up of 8 home grown (one more than required) 12 fed trained and 6 non-fed trained.

Prop.

Fairly tall, workhorse type rather than a tackle buster

Very solid in defence

Beaumont being promoted has no relevence for or against the matter. His promotion has been in the pipeline for months.

I hope so, I put money into Rovers in a small but effective way(I have a ad board!!!!) and have heard nothing. I know we are skint but surely we could bring 2 animals of front rowers in not breaking the bank, if not then why the f**k get rid of Aizue... and even Gene as he would play there!

But he's right about that making 26 players in the first team squad now, isn't he?

WTF are you playing at?

This is a perfect opportunity for you to state the irrelevance of these promotions as they'll never play anyway á la Spaven, Esders and Watts.

FFS, just what is [iwrong[/i with you?

Don't need to do that anymore - I've got you so well trained you do it for me.

So, a squad of 27 next season - current 26 under contract, minus Mills, plus 2 top drawer props. Not too shabby.

Bloody Wimmin, forever changing the ruddy goal posts!

Women get the last word in every argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

ooops, forgot Mills (easily done). So we are currently running with a squad of 27, including 6 props.

You're right, I forgot Taylor. Quite a big squad with 2 more to come in, then.

Briscoe
Cockayne
Fox
Walker
Whelham
Webster
Colbon
Cooke
Dobson
I'Anson
Vella
Fisher
Wheeldon
Galea
Newton
Murrell
Lovegrove
Mills
Netherton
Watts
Spaven
Cook
Hodgson
Ratu
Mariano
Beaumont
Taylor

I've been thinking one more player to come in for a while. We haven't released that many. Some of the renewals we did will have bumped up the wage bill - the price of improvement.
we want another prop who offers something different IMO. But I think a coach's ideal prop looks different to the blood and thunder fans' version.

EVERY club runs with a first team squad of 25.

These are the top 25 earners at the club and the names of these 25 must be submitted the the RFL prior to the start of the season. The salary cap for these 25 is £1.6m.

Additionally the club can use what are described as 'second tier' players but the combined salaries of all of them cannot exceed £50,000 and none of them must be in the top 25 earners. (This rule is primarily designed to allow for the selection of younger players.)

It is very likely that the younger players at Rovers who have been given contracts will be part of the 'second tier' and not part of the 25.

So there is a very good chance Rovers still have slots available in the 'first tier' list of 25 players.

There is no restriction on what can be paid to players who do not appear in the first team at any stage. So you could in theory give a young player a contract without him making the first team squad.

I'm aware of that.
You have 27 under contract and 2 to come in "at the senior end of the squad" so 29 in total, which means 4 of those listed are outside the top 25. These 4 will therefore either be on an average £12,500 each if you intend playing them in the first team, or you don't intend playing them, then.

why are you so bothered/interested in all things rovers?

Nearly there, one last push and you'll make it.

...........but in all fairness, it is a fair point.

i dont see why some people are so bothered about what the other side are doing, i couldnt give a toss how big Hulls squad is for next year TBH
i know its all about the banter but c'mon, some are on here every day, every post.................... theres a whole world out there so get out there!!!!!

People also need to take into account the new dual registration deals which mean that a proportion of a youngster salary would not count on the SL clubs cap but on theother clubs cap

FFS, you really do care about us don't you?!

if they dont play any sl games they dont count on the cap anyway.

like the younger players Hull have promoted, you would only expect them too play due to vast injuries really, so as you say about only counting on the cap if they play, that may be what happens
but saying that, if they dont play a game, where does there wages come from?