Might also have just found why Nicklas is not an option:



C1:2:16 e. where the Player concerned has previously been Dual Registered to the loanee Club the loan agreement must extend to the end of the Season without any clauses allowing the Player to return to the Super League Club prior to the conclusion of the Championships Club’s final competitive match of the Season.

Thanks, didn't know that and couldn't find anything about it. That pretty much means Championship 1 then.



Are Championship clubs restricted to 1 SL club?

I'm not sure that counts as Nicklas has been recalled by Hull a few times this season, including this coming weekend.

We are yes.



I'm more than happy with how our partnership is currently going though!

Quite apart from our lads, I think some of your team performed very well. Apart from his suicidal pass near the end Tom Carr looked a very useful player.

The bulle rumour mill is in overdrive.

Ah you've noticed as well, have you?

He's one of our best players so far this year, a great find from Fev's u-20s!



This is the unfortunate downside to Dual-Reg though, as this means that Jamie Shaul has nowhere to play.

East Hull ?

Unfortunately never made it into a proper rumour; but Gareth Widdop has signed for the Dragons: www.dragons.com.au/news-display/72816

Unfortunately never made it into a proper rumour; but Gareth Widdop has signed for the Dragons: www.dragons.com.au/news-display/72816

I was saying that there has been a lack of any sort of recruitment strategy for years or at least if there was one it's not been applied properly resulting in us signing players just because they're available without any thought to the future. BUT even with the best strategy it will not be possible to find a place for everyone because of the uncertainty of whether a player will develop the way you think , the sometimes randomness of when players "break through" and because there is always a pressing need to put out a competitive team. In Shaul's case it appears that he wasn't thought to be ready when we signed McDonnell , whether that was right or wrong is difficult to know especially as we've seen him play only one SL game to date. The important thing is to make sure that your system produces numerous youngsters that can become SL standard so that when this sort of thing happens we accept it on the basis that we can't accommodate every player all of the time. It's a balancing act but one that I think the current regime are paying attention to. Of course the U19's system to say the least doesn't help.

I don't think the May 1st anti-tampering deadline is going to help matters either.



Clubs are going to have to make difficult decisions about players like Shaul much earlier than they should need to.