What is the nationality of the current 6? Give your head a bang

He won't be able to. Interesting to note that this little gem joined the board when the schools broke up for summer. Oh the joys of the next few weeks!

I do like Watts.

I don't think Sam Moa does.

Maybe he means Bailey, Mason and Green in, whilst Wheeldon, Walker and Colbon leave? Of course not confirmed, but you could see if this were true that Rovers overseas % were to increase when the idea (I think) is to reduce it? Just a guess though.

He doesn't like Wigan either, I heard he was really looking forward to facing the pies and was left quite disappointed afterwards when 17 blokes got off the bus

Correct its not confirmed, and not even remotely looking like its going too.



Maybe he should complain to the RFL; afterall its there rules and we are not breaking them - so why shouldnt we try to use them to our advantage?

I was just saying that to my mate the other day, If only cookie could have played for us like he is for wakey now. Ever since he left we haven't won a game or scored many points yet wakey have gone from strength to strength.



There fans only this week carried cooke around on there shoulders after his massive points haul as he masterminded the destruction of a talented hudds side...



Anyway back in the real world, he still hides from the ball in every game except when he's playing FC and the fans think he's a fat waste of space... oh well your point would have been valid if it wasn't 100% wrong.

If you dont like it I suggest you give the RFL a call.

It was their idea not ours.

I never said I disliked the idea, did I? What do you think of it? It could be argued that clubs choosing to push for the maximum overseas players might suffer in the medium term as they will have to work harder to bring in a greater proportion of British players as their overseas ones leave but this is the RFL and the only certainty is that the rules will change again next year.

I think the idea stinks TBH but we are not breaking any rules and I can't see how it will make it harder as players leave clubs and retire all the time. You replace the player with the best available and just because the player leaving has an aussie accent makes the fact you need to replace him not diffrent from having to replace any player.

I do belive you have said that you didn't like the idea yourself in the past though

I guess the point is that the better British players are tending to move less now as clubs build their long term plans around them and if Rovers next year gave say 10 overseas players at some point they'll have to replace them with senior British players in the next 2-3 years, which could be harder than for a team that has fewer than 10. The issue for me is that some clubs have geared up for 5 max next season and whittled down overseas player numbers accordingly. Others haven't and are therefore advantaged by this latest change . But that's the RFL all over - set out some guiding principles around franchising to reduce overseas players then change the rules to allow some teams to have, say, 10 in the final year of the first round.