i hate pies wrote:im sure i read somewhere that one of solomona and vinnie dont count on the quota
Both Solomona and Vinnie were both trained overseas ,I think there was some sort of dispensation for certain players but that only lasted until they left the club they were at when the new rules came out ,hence why the pies are keeping certain players that in other years they would have got rid of ,I think thats what may be confusing a few people
on reading this I may be wrong ,maybe someone can con firm if Vinnie and Solomona are federation or overseas
SUPER LEAGUE CLUBS AGREE EXTENSION:
Tuesday 21st October 08
After consultation with engage Super League clubs at this week’s end of season meeting, the RFL board has approved an extension to a recent exemption to the club trained rules.
At the meeting held in Harrogate, engage Super League clubs unanimously agreed that the club trained rules should remain and that a number of players registered in the competition prior to the adoption of the club trained rules should count as federation trained players.
Clubs also agreed that any legal case brought against the RFL for introducing such rules should be defended vigorously.
Rod Findlay, the RFL’s in-house lawyer said: “The club trained rules were introduced at the start of the year to increase the number of home produced players in the top flight. Clubs are fully behind these rules and reaffirmed their support this week.
“What this extension does is accommodate those players who have made a career in the game before they were aware of the possibility of club trained rules. Long term once the people qualify for the current exemption retire the club trained rules will do what they were designed to do and that is bring through more home grown talent.”
To take advantage of the extension of the exemption a player must apply to the RFL to be ‘federation trained’ at the end of their current contract. They also must have registered with the RFL prior to 1 February 2008, the date when the club trained rules were introduced.
Their status as a federation trained will then apply throughout their career, even if they move clubs