Celtic players to be deported : Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:53 pm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 207827.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 207827.stm

Re: Celtic players to be deported : Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:00 pm  

crzaycat wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/celtic_crusaders/8207827.stm

Bad news for the club and the game in Wales.

Re: Celtic players to be deported : Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:02 pm  

crzaycat wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/celtic_crusaders/8207827.stm

Oh dear! Not good news for Celtic, how on earth are they going to make it to the end of the season now? Do they have enough players to make up a squad, considering they've got loads of injuries too?

It'll be interesting to hear Celtic's comments on this - how on earth did it manage to happen?!

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:08 pm  

I wonder if Brough will make his way to the departure lounge and wave van Dijk off?

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:10 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

I wonder if Brough will make his way to the departure lounge and wave van Dijk off?

He who laughs last laughs longest i would imagine in this case.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:10 pm  

If the club have been complicit in this, And it woiuld be hard to beleive that they had no knowledge of it, they should be expelled fron the ESl & RFL, but because they are an expansion club a blind eye will probably be turned!

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:11 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

I wonder if Brough will make his way to the departure lounge and wave van Dijk off?

Shouldn't laugh, but that was funny.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:13 pm  

They play Leeds this week, world record scoreline?

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:14 pm  

What's really annoying is that one of the reasons they have ended up like this is due to the delays caused by their own system - coupled with the reliance on overseas players from being a new franchise. Edit Jace Van Dyk has been here for 3 years - so how stupid does the system look. I feel terribly sorry for Celtic - and I would imagine that Widnes will be sniffing around for signs of them going belly up! http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=421878 Bigal1.

What's really annoying is that one of the reasons they have ended up like this is due to the delays caused by their own system - coupled with the reliance on overseas players from being a new franchise. Edit Jace Van Dyk has been here for 3 years - so how stupid does the system look. I feel terribly sorry for Celtic - and I would imagine that Widnes will be sniffing around for signs of them going belly up! http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=421878 Bigal1.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:15 pm  

Sounds like they can fulfil most of the fixtures as they have until the 7th of September to leave, unless this ruling removes their right to work in the UK.

I would suspect a few emergency loan signings may be arranged from SL clubs to cover the losses.