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The impact of Brexit on SA Kolpak players

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
24 Jul 2019, 14:57
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24 Jul 2019, 14:57#1

The following from News24:-


A no-deal Brexit could mean "Kolpak" cricketers are gone from the English county game by 2021, according to updated guidance from the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The Kolpak ruling means that citizens of countries that have signed European Union Association Agreements, who are lawfully working within an EU country, have the same free movement rights as EU citizens.

Kolpak signings as well as cricketers with EU passports are currently eligible to play in England without counting as an "overseas" player, employment rulings that would both be directly affected by Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

The ECB has issued an email to the 18 first-class counties noting a series of potential implications.

One such outcome involves the United Kingdom departing from the EU on October 31 without an agreement, which has frequently been floated by incoming prime minister Boris Johnson. 

In that case new Kolpak registrations would be impossible and existing deals would likely cease at the end of the 2020 season.

There are dozens of Kolpaks signed to counties, including several South Africans.

Some would be easily earn overseas deals in the event of their current status being revoked but many more would expect to leave the county circuit.

List of SA players currently on Kolpak deals:

Duanne Olivier, Wayne Parnell, Morne Morkel, Heino Kuhn, Marchant de Lange, Rilee Rossouw, Kyle Abbott, Daryn Smit, David Wiese, Stiaan van Zyl, Simon Harmer, Hardus Viljoen, Richard Levi, Dane Vilas, Colin Ingram


HURRY UP BORIS - we need some of the above players desp erately


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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
25 Jul 2019, 05:24
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25 Jul 2019, 05:24#2

I'll have Morne.....that's all I want...tx

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Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
30 Jul 2019, 19:38
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30 Jul 2019, 19:38#3
Give Rillee Rossouw
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