Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:38 pm  

Released from London looking for a club up North. From Australia but plays for Scotland although not sure if that has any impact on the over seas quota.

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:45 pm  

he is exempt. Always seemed to play well for Rovers against FC all the time

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:12 pm  

He won't be exempt ,
he was given exemption for the Club ( Rovers ) he signed with after the Crusaders went bump , but only for the length of that contract.
So now he will just be another Non Fed Trained Aus player.

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:19 pm  

We have more than enough back row players in the same mould, a specialist prop is what we need.

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:39 pm  

I honestly can't think of anyone else who we could get.

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:57 pm  

He has gone to Bradford we all know we need props but no point in getting players for the sake of it

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:48 pm  

middleman wrote:

He won't be exempt ,
he was given exemption for the Club ( Rovers ) he signed with after the Crusaders went bump , but only for the length of that contract.
So now he will just be another Non Fed Trained Aus player.

He has never played for the Crusaders. He is exempt as he was over here prior to 2008 when the rule was changed, before that he was off quota due to his scottish heritage.

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:39 pm  

Pretty sure he was one of the players who had signed for the Crusaders but got left high and dry when they folded, that's when the exemption was brought in to try and help players left in this position.

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:36 pm  

Michigan red wrote:

Pretty sure he was one of the players who had signed for the Crusaders but got left high and dry when they folded, that's when the exemption was brought in to try and help players left in this position.

Nope, he went to Hull KR directly from Australia.

Re: Rhys Lovegrove : Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:46 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

He has never played for the Crusaders. He is exempt as he was over here prior to 2008 when the rule was changed, before that he was off quota due to his scottish heritage.

My bad it was Ryan O'Hara I was thinking of, a similar half paced jobbing Aus Player who HKR signed.