Quota players

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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 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 Papua New Guinea, 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 14 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.)

2019 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.

Club Foreign quota players Foreign non-quota players Unknown status
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Australia Jy Hitchcox, Grant Millington, Jake Webster France Gadwin Springer
Mitch Clark (England)		 Australia Ben Roberts (Samoa)
New Zealand Junior Moors, Jesse Sene-Lefao (Samoa)
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons Australia Greg Bird, Luke Walsh
England Jodie Broughton, Michael McIlorum, Iain Thornley, Lewis Tierney		 Papua New Guinea Paul Aiton, David Mead
Tonga Sam Moa		 Australia Brayden Wiliame (Fiji), Samisoni Langi (Tonga)
Louis Anderson ()
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants Australia Ryan Hinchcliffe, Jordan Rankin, Tom Symonds Australia Shannon Wakeman ([1])
Eswatini Kruise Leeming (England[2])
Tonga Ukuma Taʻai		 Australia Jake Mamo (Malta)
New Zealand Sebastine Ikahihifo (Tonga})
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. Australia Albert Kelly
New Zealand Bureta Faraimo		 France Hakim Miloudi
Zimbabwe Masimbaashe Matongo		 Australia Mark Minichiello (Italy)
New Zealand Sika Manu, Fetuli Talanoa, Mickey Paea (Tonga), Carlos Tuimavave (Samoa)
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Australia, Adam Quinlan
New Zealand Taioalo Vaivai		 Australia (England[3])
France 		Australia Andrew Heffernan (Malta)
New Zealand Mose Masoe (Samoa)
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Australia Trent Merrin, Matt Parcell Australia Adam Cuthbertson (England[4]), Poland Mikolaj Oledzki New Zealand Nathaniel Peteru (Cook Islands), Tuimoala Lolohea (Tonga),Tonga Konrad Hurrell
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils Australia Jack Littlejohn, Robert Lui
New Zealand Weller Hauraki		 France Levy Nzoungou Australia Ben Nakubuwai (Fiji)
New Zealand Junior Sa'u, Lama Tasi (Samoa), Manu Vatuvei (Tonga)
Saintscolours.svg St Helens Australia Ben Barba, Ryan Morgan France Théo Fages
Wales Regan Grace		 Australia Luke Douglas (Scotland), Zeb Taia (Cook Islands)
New Zealand Dominique Peyroux (Cook Islands France Samoa Solomon Islands)
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Australia Jacob Miller, Tyler Randell
New Zealand Justin Horo		 Australia David Fifita (Tonga), Pauli Pauli (Samoa)
New Zealand Tinirau Arona (Cook Islands), Bill Tupou (Tonga)
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Australia Mitch Brown, Bryson Goodwin, Tyrone Roberts New Zealand Sitaleki Akauola, Ben Murdoch-Masila (Tonga)
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings Australia Chris Houston, Charly Runciman
New Zealand Hep Cahill, Aaron Heremaia		 New Zealand Macgraff Leuluai (England)
Papua New Guinea Stanton Albert, Wellington Albert
Wales Lloyd White		 New Zealand Patrick Ah Van, Krisnan Inu (Samoa)
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Australia Gabriel Hamlin France Morgan Escaré, Romain Navarrete
Wales Ben Flower		 Australia Taulima Tautai (Samoa)
New Zealand Willie Isa, Thomas Leuluai

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References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Hull KR sign Aussie Kieren Moss on one-year contact [sic]". 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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