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So Garry Schofield wants all overseas players banned from the Tetley's Super League while Maurice Lindsay says the number of foreign imports should be reduced from five to two.

Bill Peden is London's latest recruit from Down Under

I can understand their arguments and concerns.

They feel that home-grown talent is being stifled because there are too many Aussies and Kiwis over here.

In the past, the British game has had its fair share of mugs from the other side of the world, picking up good money for not being much good, certainly no better than the players already here.

But it's not as bad as it has been.

As Super League has got stronger, the quality of overseas players has got better - and a lot of them have played a direct role in improving standards.

One who springs to mind is Adrian Lam, the Wigan scrum-half, who has brought so much to the game over here.

Adrian Vowles is another, and there are plenty more.

In my view, it would be a big mistake and a little unfair to suddenly stop such players from coming over here.

In any case, Super League is not yet strong enough to survive without them.

In five years, maybe, but not now.

Perhaps Super League bosses should amend the criteria to ensure they only get the cream of the crop

Without the overseas players, the quality of competition would not be as good, which would in turn affect the number of people who watch.

That, in turn, would affect sponsorship.

And what would happen to a club like London Broncos, who rely heavily on Australians?

Sure, they are trying to increase home-grown talent, but that takes time.

Without the likes of Bill Peden, Jason Hetherington and Dennis Moran, where would they be?

Rather than cutting the number of overseas players clubs can sign, perhaps Super League bosses should amend the criteria to ensure they only get the cream of the crop.

At the moment, the benchmark is 14 senior NRL games.

Why don't they increase it to 30 or insist that only those who have played representative rugby qualify to play over here?

Clubs should also get more out of their overseas players.

Have a clause inserted into their contracts which insists they do more than the average player when it comes to promoting the game.

It would help nullify the argument that they are over here just for the money.

One of my goals is to score 200 first-grade tries before I retire.

After bagging a hat-trick against Halifax, I'm around the 130 mark.

I used to be a bit of a hat-trick machine when I was younger, but this latest one has been a long time coming.

We beat Halifax 62-22 but still weren't totally satisfied with our performance.

We overplayed a lot in the first 20 minutes while our defence was a bit soft at times.

Brian Noble wasn't that impressed with the win.

He felt we could have done a real number on them, maybe stopped them scoring at all.

I have to agree, but I suppose it's pleasing that we can come up with a big win like that when we aren't playing as well as we would like.