Quota players
Quota players is a term in sport referring to the limit of foreign players on a domestic team.
Rugby League
An overseas player quota restricts the number of foreign players that rugby league clubs in the English Super League, Championship, and League 1 competitions are allowed to sign. Currently, Super League and Championship clubs are allowed a maximum of 5 foreign players, while League 1 clubs are allowed just 2.
For the Canadian-based Toronto Wolfpack, American, Canadian, and Jamaican players do not count towards the foreign quota.
Previously, the maximum number of foreign players for each Super League club was three. Harlequins RL were permitted four quota players as they are considered to be a non-heartland team. The Welsh team Crusaders is allowed 14 overseas players and French side Catalans Dragons are allowed eight non-French players. Championship teams were only allowed one quota player, aside from Toulouse who have five foreign players.
Exceptions
There are three exceptions for a player to avoid quota player status. Those are listed below:
1. 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.
2. If the player has a passport for any EU nation or a Kolpak nation.
3. If the player is from a Kolpak nation such as Samoa or Tonga.
Evolution
Each club is allowed
2008
At least 5 home grown players.
No more than 5 overseas quota players.
No more than 10 overseas trained players inc the 5 quota players.
Rest of the squad to be from players trained within the same federation.
2009
At least 6 home grown players.
No more than 5 overseas quota players.
No more than 8 overseas trained players inc quota players.
Rest of squad to be from players trained within same federation.
2010
At least 7 home grown players.
No more than 5 quota players.
No more than 6 overseas trained players inc quota players.
Rest of squad to be from players trained within same federation.
2011
At least 8 home grown players.
No more than 5 quota players.
No more than 5 overseas trained players inc quota players.
Rest of squad to be from players trained within same federation.
KEY
Home grown players - any player still under 21 and/or has completed 3 years service with the same clubs academy set up.
Same federation - any player still under 21 and/or has completed 3 years service with other clubs academy set ups within UK (for UK SL clubs) or France (for Catalans etc.)
Overseas quota players - as per current rules i.e. Anyone unable to prove origins within EU or Kolpak countries.
Overseas trained - any other overseas player (EU passport or Kolpak etc.)
2018 Super League quota players
Foreign non-quota players that are followed by parentheses would ordinarily count towards the foreign quota, but have obtained passport, through their parental heritage, birthplace, or residency, in order to be classed as a non-quota player. Players with unknown status may or may not be using such a method.
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References
- ↑ Barrow, Pete (23 December 2016). "Huddersfield Giants club ambassador Eorl Crabtree excited by Australian recruits". Examiner. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
“Shannon’s statistics speak for themselves,” enthused Crabtree, about the prop who doesn’t count on the overseas quota as he qualifies for Italy.
- ↑ Roberts, Chris (6 May 2013). "Kruise Leeming makes big impact in Huddersfield Giants debut". Examiner. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
“I absolutely loved it,” said Leeming, whose father is English and his mother is from Swaziland, with the family having lived in England for the past 14 years.
- ↑ "Hull KR sign Aussie Kieren Moss on one-year contact". Sky Sports. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
Moss, who can play at full-back, on the wing or in the halves, has a British passport so will not count as one of the club’s non-federation trained players.
- ↑ Smith, Peter (27 May 2014). "Cuthbertson is a golden signing – Tautai". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
Cuthbertson’s family are from Warrington and he has recently been granted a British passport, which means he will not count on Rhinos’ overseas players quota.
- ↑ "Galloway relishing career with Rhinos". Yorkshire Evening Post. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
One advantage is he won’t be on the (overseas) quota. “He has a British passport, his parents are Scottish and he is really enthusiastic about playing for Scotland.”