I'd be disappointed if Paea wasn't to sign now. Been really looking forward to seeing him play as he seems exactly the type of forward we need.

During the Mason debacle it was established that because of contru (spelling) agreement, the non-fed list had been extended back to 10 (with 5 of those being quota players).



As far as I understand our current situation is this:-



Webster (Quota)

Green (Quota)

Dobson (Quota)

Clinton (Quota)

Galea (Quota, though actively trying to get a Maltese passport)



Macdonnall (Non-fed due to UK passport)

Withers (Non-Fed due to Crusaders going to pot)

O'Hara (Non-Fed due to Crusaders going to pot)

Paea (Non-Fed due to contru agreement)

Talupapa (Non-Fed due to contru agreement)



Lovegrove (Homegrown, confirmed a few years back)

O'Hara and Withers dont count on either list do they?

Correct, I think. Room for 2 more, plus a quota player if Galea gets his passport. Would that make 14 out of 25?

Not enough. I want some more nations, multi cultural me.

*Sways* We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving..just beautiful. Could you pick a lovely Gallic forward like Danny Divet please.

I am sure that Rovers have had a couple of players recommended to them from an emerging nation. Could be Norwegian? Give them a trial i say.

The non-fed rule and quota rule are entirely seperate. I might have the odd detail wrong, but I'm pretty sure I've got the principles right. Passports have nothing to do with the non-fed rule for example. It's the Cotonou Agreement, btw, named for a city in Benin.

That bloke out of Thor, hopefully. He was Australian, but Rovers have found a loophole whereby if you've actually played a Norsk god in a film, that counts as the same as a European passport. Cunning as a fox, that Mike Smith.

I didn't think Misi Taulapapa counted on the non fed list due to the kolpak agreement. If that is the case we currently stand at



=redNON-FED(Dispensation/Kolpak)

(1) Blake Green

(2) Joel Clinton

(3) Michael Dobson

(4)

(5)



=redOVERSEAS QUOTA PLAYERS

(1) Ben Galea

(2) Michael Dobson

(3) Jake Webster

(4) Joel Clinton

(5) Blake Green

If we finish above you and stay in the play-offs longer than you next season, would that mean our official final Super League placing would be higher than yours for 5 years in a row?

Kolpak/Cotonou gets you off overseas quota, but the whole point of non-fed is to (effectively) close that loophole. So we need to add Taulapapa to the first list. If Paea signs too, then the list is full, with no room for MacDonnell.