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phleastyler wrote:dobson will go so we'll need 2 halfbacks
Dobson restated his commitment to seeing out his full contract at Rovers on Rovers official website less than a month ago, so surely it's only 1 halfback you're looking for?
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Plenty of conflicting rumours/reports coming out of CP at the moment which is kind of indicative of the crazy up and down season they are having.
With Justin saying Rovers are interested in Lima and Finch as well as stating he wants to re-sign Webster and Galea, and assuming Vella is fed-trained (yet to be confirmed i think), which two of Clinton,Dobson and Newton would make way on the quota??
Its all very confusing.
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Mrs Barista wrote:Dobson restated his commitment to seeing out his full contract at Rovers on Rovers official website less than a month ago, so surely it's only 1 halfback you're looking for?
If an NRL club comes sniffing you cannot blame him for leaving early, so long as it suits Rovers as well I don't have a problem with it, but we will need to replace him with someone of the same or better quality. I don't get too excited when players want to leave, they usually dip in form if they are kept where they don't want to be, teams change and if he goes, so be it.
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Gordon Gekko wrote:Plenty of conflicting rumours/reports coming out of CP at the moment which is kind of indicative of the crazy up and down season they are having.
With Justin saying Rovers are interested in Lima and Finch as well as stating he wants to re-sign Webster and Galea, and assuming Vella is fed-trained (yet to be confirmed i think), which two of Clinton,Dobson and Newton would make way on the quota??
Its all very confusing.
I can't see newton or clinton going and i'd be very suprised if dobson left. as you say it's very confusing.
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See that young off half at Wakey is looking good, just set up a cracking try with a smart cut out pass
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rover49 wrote:See that young off half at Wakey is looking good, just set up a cracking try with a smart cut out pass
Obst and Cooke look like the makings of a decent partnership; a runner and a creator. I don't think Rovers even used Cooke to half his ability, but as I've said before he did the simple things right and we've missed that at 6 since he's gone.
Important we fill that role for next year, but even more important we get someone who will compliment Dobson.
Mild Rover wrote:Wouldn't he also get around that by being here for the 2007 season?
Edit - these are lifted from the Wire board.
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RFL "RELAX" RESTRICTIONS ON EXISTING OVERSEAS PLAYERS:
The RFL has now announced that clubs will be able to renew or extend the contracts of non-federation players who were signed before the rule was changed in June 2007.
Those players can be retained on top of the non-federation players that clubs are allowed, though the new dispensation will expire if players switch clubs or at the end of any contract extension.
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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.”
[b]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.[/b]
Their status as a federation trained will then apply throughout their career, even if they move clubs in the future. [/color]
This is the key part isn’t it?
As far as I can see all of our overseas players other than Dobson & Clinton fall into this category.
A few successful applications for exemption & we could have plenty of space on the quota.
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