Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:25 am  

A question for the experts on here.

He joined Fax in 2015 and will start with us in 2020, doesn't that mean he comes off quota or that he can apply for UK citizenship?

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:32 am  

Having read Wikipedia, which is not always correct it states:

When a player has played for a rugby team for six years, he is eligible to gain British citizenship and does not count under the quota.
If the player has a passport for any EU nation or a Kolpak nation.
If the player is from a Kolpak nation such as Papua New Guinea, Samoa or Tonga.

Someone has also edited the page to say:

Toronto Wolfpack are exempt every rule and can field whoever they like because they are trash and will win nothing. lol

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:37 am  

Fishermanscap wrote:

A question for the experts on here.

He joined Fax in 2015 and will start with us in 2020, doesn't that mean he comes off quota or that he can apply for UK citizenship?

Does not matter, even if he was successful in gaining UK citizenship, he would still count on the quota.

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:41 am  

So despite their allegiance and the rule of If the player is from a Kolpak nation such as Papua New Guinea, Samoa or Tonga.

I'm pretty sure the following players all take up a quota spot:

Tinirau Arona - Joined 2016 and born in NZ
Kelepi Tanginoa - Joined 2019 and born in AUS
Bill Tupou - Joined 2015 and born in NZ
Dave Fifita - Joined 2016 and born in AUS
Tangata has been in the country since 2015 but is from the "Cook Islands" which isn't mentioned in the Koplak ruling agreement.

Miller joined Hull in 2013, I'm presuming he won't count towards the quota this year?

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:45 am  

Tbh like tangata think he’s shown well at fax and had a really good finish for us. Improvement on annikin , hirst and big step forward over Pauli (then again so would my gran) - my only slight concern would be that he’s not the biggest and subject to who else signs could end up making a small front row - arona king tangata . At right money would be a really sensible signing and can’t really see that he’d be on quota and if so he’d qualify on residency next year

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:51 am  

Kirmudgeonly wrote:

Tbh like tangata think he’s shown well at fax and had a really good finish for us. Improvement on annikin , hirst and big step forward over Pauli (then again so would my gran) - my only slight concern would be that he’s not the biggest and subject to who else signs could end up making a small front row - arona king tangata . At right money would be a really sensible signing and can’t really see that he’d be on quota and if so he’d qualify on residency next year

We will be fine in the forwards next year...

Dave
Ashurst
Kirmond
Kopczak
Arona
Batch
Kingy
Tanginoa
Tangata
Amor
Baldwinson
Gwaze
Aydin

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:52 am  

Kirmudgeonly wrote:

Tbh like tangata think he’s shown well at fax and had a really good finish for us. Improvement on annikin , hirst and big step forward over Pauli (then again so would my gran) - my only slight concern would be that he’s not the biggest and subject to who else signs could end up making a small front row - arona king tangata . At right money would be a really sensible signing and can’t really see that he’d be on quota and if so he’d qualify on residency next year

As stated above, it does not matter even if he gained full UK citizenship does it? It is all down to where a player played there development rugby.

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:03 pm  

Yeah it's 7 Non fed/Overseas players, so it doesn't matter if he gets a British passport etc, he wasn't trained over here.

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:09 pm  

TheDreadnought wrote:

We will be fine in the forwards next year...

Dave
Ashurst
Kirmond
Kopczak
Arona
Batch
Kingy
Tanginoa
Tangata
Amor
Baldwinson
Gwaze
Aydin

Amor? when did we sign him. Also is Baldwinson still with us, thought he signed a 2 year deal that run out at the end of this season.

Re: Wakefield - Contracted Players : Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:16 pm  

Shifty Cat wrote:

Amor? when did we sign him. Also is Baldwinson still with us, thought he signed a 2 year deal that run out at the end of this season.

Watch this space pal, Amor is a wildcat once again.

I don't know about Baldwinson, he joined York on a 1 month deal but never came back. He seemed to go pretty well for them tbf! You're right, he signed a 2 year deal starting in 2018, weird he wasn't mentioned by the club in the newsletter about departing players.