Overseas signings tied up in red tape
Wednesday 07 January 2009
Latest in Rugby League
On Facebook
Sport blogs
iBet: Back Wales to win at Twickenham
England and Wales are joint top of the RBS Six Nations table after two games with four points apiece...
UFC: Legends to pass the torch
As the fan favourites of yesteryear are gradually replaced by a new calibre of athlete, the inescapa...
Thierry Henry returns to New York after ‘completing the story of the legend’
Both player and manager were quick to say Henry would be a sideshow, not the main attraction, but hi...
Four international-class overseas players are among those prevented from joining their new British clubs by visa problems.
New Zealand's World Cup-winning forward Greg Eastwood has not been able to join Leeds yet and the Rhinos fear that he will not be on their pre-season trip to Florida. His fellow countryman Tony Puletua has not yet arrived at St Helens, while two high-profile Australians have also been caught up in the red tape. Hull are still waiting for the State of Origin forward, Michael Crocker, and Huddersfield fear that Todd Carney will not arrive in time for the start of the Super League season next month.
His team-mates at the New Zealand Warriors were still refusing to accept yesterday that Sonny Fai had been swept to his death on a beach near Auckland. The 20-year-old forward prospect is thought to have drowned saving his younger brother in rough seas, but the Warriors abandoned their training session to continue the search for him.
- 1 Vatican told to pay taxes as Italy tackles budget crisis
- 2 Spotify: 1 million plays, £108 return
- 3 Pete Doherty: I was a bit unhinged
- 4 Khader Adnan: The West Bank's Bobby Sands
- 5 Rothschild loses libel case, and reveals secret world of money and politics
- 6 'My 10 days at an Eton summer school was a real shock to the system'
- 7 WikiLeaks takes aim at an unlikely new victim: Unesco
- 8 Prehistoric cybermen? Sardinia's lost warriors rise from the dust
- 9 Can you master a language in a weekend?
- 10 The artist vandalising advertising with poetry
Free trial of new Independent iPad app
Get your daily dose of the best of British journalism, sponsored by American Airlines
Amazing restaurant offers
Three glasses of free champagne and a special menu at 46 top London restaurants.
Latest Independent competitions
Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our competitions and offers page.
Commercial thought leaders
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.
Career Services
Day In a Page
Wilderness and wildlife in Australia’s Top End
48 Hours: Marrakech
Bear with Bern for Swiss skiing
The West Bank's Bobby Sands
Is there such a thing as a gastronomic gender divide?






Comments