Quota players

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Quota players is a term in sport referring to the limit of foreign players on a domestic team.

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[edit] Rugby League

Each English Super League (Europe) team is allowed to have three foreign players. Harlequins Rugby League are permitted four quota players as they are considered to be a non-heartland team. French side Catalan Dragons are allowed eight non-French players.

National League teams are only allowed one quota player, aside from Celtic Crusaders who are made up mostly of non-EU players.

[edit] 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 Samoa or Tonga.

[edit] Current Super League quota players

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