No idea of the politics of this but he played for Trin against us on good Friday and we were all saying you must have great strength in depth if you can allow him out on loan. Worked his socks off.

We've no idea of the politics either, unfortunately. Would have him back in a heartbeat at the moment.

Quite simply a mistake. One or two of our elder statesmen creaking somewhat ( won't be helped by overplaying ), some of our kids just not stepping up. Exposes the gap between the likes of Hadley & those taking his place in the 17.

On a positive note hopefully we will welcome him back ( if salary cap permits ) club & younger players now MUCH better informed of what is required. No lasting damage done - club should be stronger for it.

Hadley just gone off with (what looks like) shoulder injury

I guess we'll be getting him back then

He came back on later in the game

How does the cap work regarding Hadley on Wakefield's end? Presumably they have to pay part of his salary and that in turn counts towards their cap and what effect would that have on ours overall?

The loan system is odd - cap wise.

Essentially all of Hadley's salary will now sit on Wakefields cap, regardless of how long he's been there or how much they actually pay towards his wage. Consequently that also means Hadley's salary now doesn't sit on ours.
It enables clubs that have a lot of play on the cap to take players on loan but only pay a percentage of the wage saving £££.

Not really sure where the benefit lies with us on this one.

Surely if he plays for us those games count on our cap (or am I being too logical for the RFL?)

At the time he played, yes. Which means at this moment we are (or should be, which makes it even more confusing) Hadley's wage under the cap.

If you think about it, the system actually makes sense. It makes it easier for players who perhaps are frustrated by a lack of opportunities to move out on loan to a club that could afford to take their full wage on the cap, but couldn't afford to physically pay it.