6 Crusaders Deported!!! : Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:46 pm  

6 of the Celtic first team have been orded to leave the country under immigration laws for not having a sufficient visa. These include Captain Van Dyke, Duggan and Quinn among others. These guys in Wales are making a mockery out of Super League http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 207827.stm

6 of the Celtic first team have been orded to leave the country under immigration laws for not having a sufficient visa. These include Captain Van Dyke, Duggan and Quinn among others. These guys in Wales are making a mockery out of Super League http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 207827.stm

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:57 pm  

That's awful news for the Crusaders.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:02 pm  

Dead Man Walking wrote:

That's awful news for the Crusaders.

IMO there own fault though, surely they know how to get a correct visa for a player

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:12 pm  

Wasn't this reported last month that some of the players are registered as working for the owners company & not directly by the club. So much for the RFL checks on visas & eligability, especialy as some go back to 2006. Feel a bit sorry for the supports as IMO they have been rushed into SL by the RFL & Sky. They should have been given until the next franchise (if it happens as the RFL change their minds as often as their socks) when they would have been better established & maybe won the Championship a couple of times as any sort of sucess would have pulled in more support.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:14 pm  

makes you wonder if any consequences will follow, either to the Crusaders or the RFL, is it is a illegal offence to employ a worker without the proper permits....................hmmmmmmm

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:18 pm  

You only have to look at how long it's taken us to get visa's etc. for players from down under in the past, look at Leeds with Eastwood.
Any thoughts on how this should effect the points they have won over the season, not many wins for them I know, but could have a bearing on the league table? I guess the RFL might take away any points Celtic have amassed (all 6 of them) but keep the other side of things as they are.
Celtic really should be relegated at the end of the season following such an event, not only playing players who shouldn't play, but effectively breaking the law of the land, other teams have to play by the rules and so should they.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:21 pm  

What's this got to do with Cas? Or is it an excuse for expansionist knockers to whinge on another forum?

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:23 pm  

danny boy1 wrote:

You only have to look at how long it's taken us to get visa's etc. for players from down under in the past, look at Leeds with Eastwood.
Any thoughts on how this should effect the points they have won over the season, not many wins for them I know, but could have a bearing on the league table? I guess the RFL might take away any points Celtic have amassed (all 6 of them) but keep the other side of things as they are.
Celtic really should be relegated at the end of the season following such an event, not only playing players who shouldn't play, but effectively breaking the law of the land, other teams have to play by the rules and so should they.

Yeah but i highly doubt the RFL will relegate them, yeah it seems like the most potent punishment, but its the RFL's love child and there big expansion scheme. Taking away there points is hardly a punishment. Maybe give them minus points to start next season with???

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:28 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

What's this got to do with Cas? Or is it an excuse for expansionist knockers to whinge on another forum?

Celtic are a Rugby League team, as are Cas, therefore is something to do with Cas

Only joking, i just wondered what fellow Cas fans thought on the situation, nothing more

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:14 pm  

We play them in a couple of weeks.
Anyone think we might win this one comfortably.