***News Update*** Dewsbury Rams plan to sign an overseas centre for 2014 have unfortunately fallen through despite all the club’s best efforts to make things happen. The player who was a part of the Papua New Guinea World Cup Squad has had problems in obtaining the Visa needed to play semi-professional rugby league in the UK. The player has to undertake and pass an English test prior to be granted the Visa but unfortunately this raised a number of issues that would have delayed the player’s arrival until after the start of the season which was far from ideal since he would also have had to undergo an equivalent pre-season before he could be considered for selection. Unfortunately PNG players do seem to suffer more than most from Visa regulations and although the player met all the RFL criteria the deal couldn’t be completed. There is talk of the Visa regulations for PNG professional sports players being revised to enable more of them to fulfil their potential on a higher stage than they can do so at the moment but unfortunately this doesn’t help either the club or the player in this instance. The club are continuing their negotiations with another unnamed UK based centre with Super League experience and hope to be able to make an announcement on the signing in the not too distant future.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:33:58 +0000
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