... Interesting development
I believe one team in Wellington is relying on the Ivan England tournament to get around the "guest player" rule and bring in a bunch of players who have been registered/playing for other clubs all winter.
I believe they are not able to do that. Anyone want to shed any light?
My understanding is that to NOT be a guest you have to:
a) be registered for the club you're playing for AND b) play 2 games for them (Ivan England games count here)...
to qualify as a club player you must have played 1 game for that club BEFORE 1st of September.
If people are keen i can post up the Napier rules via dropbox?
Yes please...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/17sv1599x8bwd9u/Rules%202013.pdf
see if that works.
Interesting.
To qualify to play you must be registered for your club and you must have played 1 game for that club BEFORE 1st of September.
Only the first round of the Ivan England counted then. The first round was on the weekend of 25 August.
I bet there are some teams that didn't realise that...including mine.
Huh... Something to look into with us too.