Key calls for rugby transfer window 05/02/2010 |
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Leeds director of rugby Andy Key believes a football-style transfer window would help the sport’s smaller clubs.
Rugby players can agree moves mid-season, while footballers can only change teams in January or in the close-season.
"A window would certainly help clubs like us," Key told the BBC.
"It's difficult to sign players now because we can't say for sure what league we'll be in next season.
"When it comes to the end of the season, most players have committed their futures so it makes it harder for us to bring new talent to the club.
"I think it's right that clubs who want to keep their current players can re-sign them at any point during a season.
"But for players thinking of moving clubs, I think there should be a window and maybe that's something the RFU [Rugby Football Union] will start to look at.
"We know if we stay in the Premiership the finances are there for us to go back into the market place.”
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