RFL dual registration

Dual registration within the RFL refers to an arrangement between clubs whereby a rugby league player within the Rugby Football League continues to be registered to his current club and is also registered to play for a club in a lower league.

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The system is mostly aimed at young Super League players who are thought to be not quite ready to make the step up to first team duties but for whom first team match experience is likely to be beneficial for their development. This also has been extended to Championship teams dual registering with League 1 clubs.

Clubs in both the Super League and the Championships benefit from the new dual registration system which was introduced for the 2013 season. The new system is intended to complement the existing player loan system.^[1]

The scheme was extended in 2024 to allow players of Championship and League One clubs to appear for NCL clubs.^[2]

Rules

All players can be dual registered and the receiving club must be a club in a lower tier (i.e. Super League players must go to either the Championship or League 1, and Championship players must to either League 1 or NCL clubs, League One players can only go to NCL teams).
A dual registered player will be eligible to play and train with both clubs in a format agreed between the clubs, subject to registration, salary cap and competition eligibility rules.
The player is restricted to playing in one fixture per scheduled round of fixtures in any given week (for example, he would not be eligible to play for his Super League club on a Thursday and in a Championship fixture at the weekend).
A receiving club will be limited to a total of five dual registered players per matchday squad.

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Eight Super League clubs have announced dual registration partnerships for the 2024 season.

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Super League club	Dual registration club(s)	Ref.
Castleford Tigers	Batley Bulldogs	^[3]
Newcastle Thunder	^[4]
Catalans Dragons	Toulouse Olympique	^[4]
Huddersfield Giants	Dewsbury Rams	^[5]
Hull Kingston Rovers	Featherstone Rovers	^[6]
Leeds Rhinos	Halifax Panthers	^[7]
St Helens	Swinton Lions	^[8]
Warrington Wolves	Widnes Vikings	^[9]
Wigan Warriors	Wakefield Trinity (-April)	^[10]
Barrow Raiders (May-)	^[11]
Midlands Hurricanes	^[12]