Super League clubs will be able to secure as many as ten quota players from the start of next season after changes to the overseas allocations were given the green light.
Love Rugby League has been told that clubs have formally been told that changes will be rubber-stamped at a meeting later this month, which will enable an influx of overseas talent into Super League like never before.
The number will raise from seven to ten, as revealed by Love Rugby League last month. It is a monumental change which dramatically alters how clubs can do their overseas recruitment.
Many clubs had already suspected the quota would increase by at least one place, but a push for it to go to ten has now been pushed through.
Some clubs had already started their recruitment for 2026 on the basis that they would have more quota places and those changes have now come to fruition.
It is huge news for clubs like Hull FC, who are keen to keep Liam Knight and sign Leeds Rhinos prop Sam Lisone.
Castleford Tigers have also indicated they would be keen to pursue more quota players, while Leeds themselves are likely to increase their allocation of quota players.
Wakefield Trinity had been resigned to the fact they could not keep winger Lachlan Walmsley due to their signings from overseas – but the door has now re-opened for Walmsley to potentially stay at Trinity in 2026.
The changes last year which allowed players under the age of 24 to sign for clubs without any certain number of NRL games had seen a fresh stream of talent at an affordable market rate come onto the radar of clubs.
And it now looks as though more of those players could come into Super League from next year – with the situation to be monitored by the governing body.
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