Quote His Bobness="His Bobness"Here are the relevant rules as provided by the RFL;
[iAt all times each official squad of 25 players must contain a minimum of 8 'Club trained' players which includes 'Club Trained Whilst There' and no more than 5 quota players or 5 non federation trained players.
A Club Trained Player is one who has been on his current club's register for three full seasons before the end of the season in which he ceases to be eligible by age to play Under 21's.
A Club Trained Whilst There player is one who has spent part of his time but not three full years on his current club's register before the end of the season in which he ceases to be eligible by age to play Under 21's.
A Non Federation Trained player is one who does not meet the definitions of Club Trained (which includes club trained whilst there), Federation Trained or are not working towards either.
Overseas Quota (different to federation trained regulations) the quota status is entirely dependent on the type of passport the player holds. Players who have an EU passport or who carry a passport of a country that is party to an Association Agreement , a Europe Agreement or the Cotonou Agreement (Kolpak) do not count on the overseas quota.
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Immediately prior to the start of this season which was when I requested this information Tyla Hepi was not registered in the first team squad and Hull Kingston Rovers players were classified as follows ;
[iClub Trained; Welham, Cox, Latus, Beaumont, Green.
Club Trained Whilst There; J. Hodgson, Lovegrove, Salter, Griffin.
Federation trained; Eden, Hall, Gleeson, D. Hodgson, Horne, Carlile, Dobson, Withers, O'Hara, Walker, Caro, Brown.
Non- Federation Trained; Burns, Mika, Paea, Paterson, Tuimavave.
Quota; Dobson, Burns.
(Withers & O'Hara special dispensation, Dobson exempt from non fed trained due to having signed a professional RL contract with a British club prior to February 2008 when the non fed rulings were introduced). The list of names in a 25 man squad can change during the season with the prior approval of the RFL but must still conform to the above regulations. Each clubs 25 man squad may and in most cases does differ to the top 25 in terms of salary cap.[/i
As provided by the RFL. I also have definitions & rules regarding loan players, dual registrations, 'real time' salary cap and 'Salary Cap Value' rankings (SCV's), 1st tier salary cap and 2nd tier salary cap plus the new playing laws for season 2013. I usually find people have opinions but little or no knowledge of these areas too.
There are actually 26 HKR players in the above lists one of whom was not initially registered in the first team squad of 25 or indeed for salary cap purposes. I believe this player to be Ryan O'Hara due to there being no prospect of him being available to play. In the event he was not registered at any stage.'"
Fair enough. It represents a fairly major shift and maybe a wider announcement or even just amending the rules would have been in order.
