Below is an excerpt relating to the loaning of players. To me it is now redundant because there is no more bubble. Clubs have in the past filled vacancies due to injury within their own system and there is no reason why that should not be the case now. Opening up a massive can of worms if allowed to continue. It was also decided that players would have to return to their own clubs once finals began and would not be available to play for their pseudo team in the finals series. Additionally if their team faced an injury crisis they would also then need to return to them.
Yet now we see this....
Wests Tigers winger
David Nofoaluma will join the Melbourne Storm on a loan deal for the remainder of the 2022 NRL season. Nofoaluma will link up with his new loan-club in the coming days and will
'Those names would no doubt raise eyebrows'
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It's a ridiculous situation that will see the Samoan international
play finals football for the first time in his career, only to then return to the club he's spent a decade at, where his contract remains locked in until 2025.
Some have defended the move,
saying Nofoaluma wasn't in first grade anyway - but he's played in the majority of their games this year, and was part of the squad that travelled to Townsville last week, despite not taking part.
But ignoring that, you only have to look at the other names that have been mooted in potential end-of-season loan deals to see how farcical this could theoretically become.
Approaches for Adam Doueihi and Daine Laurie were apparently knocked back, while the Bulldogs were sounded out for Josh Addo-Carr and the Warriors for Reece Walsh.
These names would no doubt raise more eyebrows than the Nofoaluma move, but there's nothing stopping it from happening in the future.
The NRL could approve a loan system this week. This is how it will work
www.foxsports.com.au
The NRL is exploring the introduction of a loan system just before the August 1 deadline.
With clubs facing an increased injury toll and unable to bring reinforcements from the NSW or Queensland Cup due to bubble regulations, the NRL will look to approve an official loan system before the week is out.
“We are seeing clubs being stretched injury-wise and Covid-wise, both personal and for bubble breaches.
What the NRL are looking at it an in-house transfer system for the remainder of the season. It wouldn’t include finals and the grand final.
Riccio revealed that the new legislation, the two clubs can come to an agreement that a player can make an immediate swap for a determined period – be it one game, two games, three games.
The player would then need to return to their previous club before the finals and under the proposal being considered they would have to return to their parent club if that club picked up more injuries.