Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:43 pm  

What a joke.

I take it Aussie Rejects KR are exempt from the rules that everyone else has to adhere to with regards over seas signings?

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:48 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

The obsession on here about anti-overseas players is borderline racism IMO. I wouldn’t want to go shopping with some of these people. Can you Imagine going through McDonalds - ‘Ohh look he’s black, took the place of a British worker’!

Surely the majority of black people in this country are British (i.e. born in Britain or have British citizenship) which does not apply to this Green fella, or most of his teammates

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:50 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

Jon Wilkin, Andy Raleigh? They could develop them they just couldn't keep them.

But I do agree it is a shame they did not pick up a good young English stand off. Briggs at Featherstone for example.

Making stuff up does not help your argument.

Raleigh is Hudds born, played in Hudds academy, signed for Eagle in 2004 then signed for Hull KR in 2005. Came home in 2006.

Andy's dad is not called Paul either.

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:51 pm  

Could have sworn this was announced months ago. I guess his WP has only just come through? Havent seen him play much.

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:55 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

The obsession on here about anti-overseas players is borderline racism IMO. I wouldn’t want to go shopping with some of these people. Can you Imagine going through McDonalds - ‘Ohh look he’s black, took the place of a British worker’!

Is this your way of disguising the fact that leeds are signing over the hill aussies? Get a grip damo.

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:59 pm  

Between Hull KR and Wigan there are more Australians in Super League than there are in the NRL.

Rather makes a mockery of the rules.

Do I take it SL clubs are now allowed unlimited overseas players?

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:27 pm  

Just had a quick look on http://www.slstats.org/ at their foreign contingent since SL: 2007: 15 2008: 12 2009: 10 2010: 8 2011: 10 That's made up of about 24 different players.

Just had a quick look on http://www.slstats.org/ at their foreign contingent since SL: 2007: 15 2008: 12 2009: 10 2010: 8 2011: 10 That's made up of about 24 different players.

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:44 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Between Hull KR and Wigan there are more Australians in Super League than there are in the NRL.

Rather makes a mockery of the rules.

Do I take it SL clubs are now allowed unlimited overseas players?

roberts
finch
hoffman

i make that 3 aussies for next season.

Im guessing you will come back and say richards is an aussie. but he has two irish parents, that to me makes him irish.

i actually think that will be one of the lowest amount of aussies in the league.

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:51 pm  

jimlav wrote:

roberts
finch
hoffman

i make that 3 aussies for next season.

Im guessing you will come back and say richards is an aussie. but he has two irish parents, that to me makes him irish.

i actually think that will be one of the lowest amount of aussies in the league.

Non English former NRL players then. As of this season the figure was about the same as the population of Wales.

Re: HKR sign Green : Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:52 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

The obsession on here about anti-overseas players is borderline racism IMO. I wouldn’t want to go shopping with some of these people. Can you Imagine going through McDonalds - ‘Ohh look he’s black, took the place of a British worker’!

It's not racism at all. If we're trying to compete in international sport, then we need to train players up in our competition that can qualify for the international team.

It's not like McDonalds of England are facing McDonalds of Australia.