Is Michael Dobson open to offers though? KR would be powerless in preventing him from leaving?

Still under contract apparently.

Aye will still be under contract to KR just unavailable to play is all (which he can't anyway).

so he has 2contracts? a playing 1 and a non playing 1 ??

No , he has a ' contract ' that the club pay him wages



If he is de registered , then he cannot play RL for HKR , and I am assuming his wages are not included in the clubs Salary Cap total

It would only become a problem for Dobbo if Masons passport isn't here by the time Dobbo is fit again, which is about 10 weeks, enough time for someone to nip into Asda to take some beers out to the King of Tonga and pick it up personally. Dobson is only de-registered as an overseas player, not as an Hull KR player and will still be paid. It doesn't affect him one iota.

Of course their included.

his wages will be on cap as he as already played for kr this season

Good point, say he is on 100k, thats 20k off the cap to give Willie

No. He has one contract. A contract which includes payment while injured.



It's not actually that unusual for players with long term injuries to be deregistered - either for salary cap or quota reasons.



It might become a problem when they're fit and the club finds themselves paying a player who's fit to play but not registered to.



But that's a problem for the club.



The governing body doesn't have a problem - it has rules which state clubs may spend X amount on registered players and X number of them may be overseas or non-fed trained players. If the clubs want to spend money on people who aren't registered to play for them, it's no skin of the RFL's nose.

I hope not. That's a breach of his visa

Doesnt it say that the club have terminated the playing contract of Michael Dobson and as per the RFL's operational rules he reverts to free agency? (c1:2:12 b in the operational rules if you are interested)



and also isnt there a rule within the operational rules which states any overseas player who is de-registered, cannot then be re-registered within the same season?



If the RFL rules are followed then i cant see how Dobson will play for HKR again this season at least.



Good to see commitment to british youth though.