Dual registration players

But which clubs are heavily invested in DR players now and which aren't?

I know LS often have some surprisingly good Quins playing for them, Lynagh last week, and Bedford have a clutch of Saints on the books; Hartpury are basically a subsidiary of Glaws aren't they?

I doubt Jersey or Ealing have any at all as they are entirely professional

But the others I am less sure about I suppose they may have a couple, like Caldy do from Sale.

Ampthill used to have a few Saracens for a few years but this seems to have largely stopped now although they obviously do still have strong links there as Kelly Brown has apparently been coming down since Christmas to training, which may go some way to explaining their massive turnaround. But they seem to rely on many swoops on players who haven't been gobbled up by the Prem teams or Welsh regions like Morgan Strong and Gwen Parks. So in that case they are largely dependant on Paul Turner's little black book.

For the others I have no idea.

I understand what you're saying, but they are two different things with differing regulations.

I don't like either, but sometimes needs must.

That is the extreme end of the scale; the team must never be the same week to week, so while you benefit from better quality players you never gain any cohesion, hence their position in the table I suppose.

To be honest, loaning in injury cover ought to be the least contentious end of things. IMO that's totally appropriate. OK, it would be nice I suppose to have a squad big enough to not need to do it, but Mose the other season basically broke every single player that could play fly half (something like 7) so really even when you think you've got depth...

Since the rewrite of the regulations last summer, there are no dual registered players - except in Women's rugby.

However, England Academy players are permitted to be registered at several cubs.

An England Academy Player is permitted to simultaneously hold at any one time Effective Registration with up to four different clubs as follows: one Club at Premiership, two Clubs at Championship where one of the Championship Clubs is also an Academy (otherwise just one Club at Championship), one Club at National 1 League, and subject to Regulation 14.6.4(b) one Club at National 2 League, one Club at Regional 1 or one Club at Regional 2.

All other players must only be registered to one club, but that can be transferred is they are on loan.

The regulations permit sides in the Championship a lot of flexibility.

Championship: no more than three Loan Players and no more than ten England Academy Players under the age of 24 as at 1 September 2022.