Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:49 am  

TimmySmith wrote:

Apologies as it strays away from the thread slightly but I was only thinking yesterday just how well we'd go if we didn't have 800 clubs in the WF catchment area.

Wakefield
Castleford
Featherstone
Dewsbury
Batley

Surely we'd be pushing 10k gates.

Although Dewsbury and Batley are in the Kirklees area,they do have WF postcodes, do they then come under the Wakefield catchment area with regards IMG

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Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:54 am  

KevW60349 wrote:

Although Dewsbury and Batley are in the Kirklees area,they do have WF postcodes, do they then come under the Wakefield catchment area with regards IMG

It's defined by local authority district.
So Kirless is separate.

Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:33 pm  

Quick question. How many overseas players are we allowed in the Championship?

Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:37 pm  

Dr Dreadnought wrote:

Quick question. How many overseas players are we allowed in the Championship?

It's unlimited.

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Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:46 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

It's unlimited.

Really?
I was going to ask on one of the other forums as I can't find any details anywhere apart from super league.
But unlimited seems a big jump from where we were

Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:50 pm  

KevW60349 wrote:

Anybody any idea what the Cas and Fev IMG rating score is currently, are they above Wakey,below or same.

In his 1 hour podcast on the subject Cas CEO Mark Gratton said he was confident Cas would be 8th or 9th in the IMG ratings. This was before relegation. I'm not sure whether I believe him but if it's true who are the 3 or 4 below us and why are they below us.

Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:02 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Really?
I was going to ask on one of the other forums as I can't find any details anywhere apart from super league.
But unlimited seems a big jump from where we were

Yep. That's how Fev managed to get Caleb Aekins, for instance...by all accounts Leigh wanted to keep him to go into SL but they already had their 7 overseas players.

I don't know why that's the rule, but it's been the case in Championship for a few years.

Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:30 pm  

PopTart wrote:

It's defined by local authority district.
So Kirless is separate.

Ah, thank you PT

Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:39 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

Yep. That's how Fev managed to get Caleb Aekins, for instance...by all accounts Leigh wanted to keep him to go into SL but they already had their 7 overseas players.

I don't know why that's the rule, but it's been the case in Championship for a few years.

Yep unlimited, I think at one point last year Leigh had 12 overseas (if you include Lam)
Should be at least the same rule if not lower as it's the ideal place to blood young British talent without them being dropped in the deep-end of SL

Re: Rumours thread : Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:41 pm  

KevW60349 wrote:

Anybody any idea what the Cas and Fev IMG rating score is currently, are they above Wakey,below or same.

We will be alright, we are in a unique position where over the 3. Year IMG scoring 2SL and 1 championship, if successful in championship and keep everything else going and improving it won’t do us any harm whatsoever.

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