It's cheaper being a fan.

He had his first training session after months of injury today

Shocking but even more reason to keep him on the books. Blimy maybe the RSG should raise money to make up his shortfall!!!

Would still count on the cap anyways.



Frankie needs to decide whether he is Rovers fan or a professional rugby player.

heard a few of the 18s were on nearly double that on their acadamy contracts. most of the acadamy are on pay as they play or £50 a week plus any win money. KR not one of the better payers for their kids if you believe some of the other clubs.

clubs can spend 50 k on players outside the top 25 players, which means that the lads cant be on that much

ie you have a 30 man squad than 5 players share 50k, you do the maths ,unless some are getting paid 'off cap'

The 50k only counts for players outside of the 25 who actually appear in the first team.

In theory you could actually pay your reserves and academy more than your first team players so long as they dont feature in the first team.

No you couldn't, your 25 man squad is intact your top 25 earners.

Your 25 man squad have to be your top 25 earners but it doesnt change the fact that, in theory, you could spend more on your academy and reserves than your first team players (i.e £1.6m) so long as players with a combined value of above 50k dont feature in the first team.

Sorry I miss read thought you meant you could have a academy player a your top earner.



You are right though you could have over a hundred youngsters on 20k each.

They would still come under the salary cap though

Not if they didn't play - which'd be pretty self-defeating, admittedly. Although it does allow teams, who can afford it, to better compete for youngsters and get them in their system.



The cynic in me wonders how much the new system will be about nurturing and developing young talent, rather than simply competing harder and earlier for the same finite pool.