[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/22722134?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterRadio Merseyside interview with Luke Walsh.[/url

Thanks for that.

I think they have the interview on Merseyside's trytime tonight, don't know if there is any more to the interview than on the clip above...



Or for those of use outside the region, I think you can get the show online too.

Walsh to come this season? www.leaguefreak.com/the-door-ope ... ason-4570/ A big issue with this is the fact that we have no quota space left, someone would have to leave.

Walsh to come this season? www.leaguefreak.com/the-door-ope ... ason-4570/ A big issue with this is the fact that we have no quota space left, someone would have to leave.

Does leaving make any difference though? (Other than being fired for misconduct, I mean) Don't players count towards the quota simply if they have been paid by the club during that season?

When Dobson was injured, HKR deregistered him in order to play Willie Mason.

I think that loophole was dealt with after that incident, Saints Fan might be correct.



If a player is released it would seem illogical for the RFL to count them on the quota though

We could de register Perry to fit in Walsh. Providing we have enough spare cap space to cover a wage for Walsh, which I think we probably do.

It seems there were two loopholes in one here and only one has been closed!



Taken from the RFL Operational Rules:





So a player could be deregistered but not re-registered, in which case we would have to compensate them if we wanted to deregister them.

I'm not sure we'd have to compensate them over and above their salary provided they agreed.



I guess you reach a point where deregistration could be construed as constructive dismissal though, which would be ropey territory.

The rules are quite clear. We can de-register one of the overseas deadweights to accomodate Walshy, but they wouldn't be able to be re-registered. We could only do the above if we had cap room for both players, as because they had played for the club this season, any payments made to them will count.



I can't see why we wouldn't have cap room. We could pay Walshy minimum wage this season and give him the extra next year.

Don't they average over the length of the contract post "Spirit Of The Cap" shennanigans?



It's the deregistration that will be difficult. If my boss wanted rid of me and decided he would give me absolutely no work and tell me to sit at home, as great as that sounds I'm pretty sure I'd have a case for constructive dismissal.



If you paid up a players contract to get rid of them, would the payment count in the year it was made, or would it go over the period of the remainder of the contract you are paying off?