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Can a player we’ve got under a scholarship deal be poached by another Cat academy? I know the EPPP means Cat 1 academies can pretty much just pick off the best talent from lower rated academies and try and take from each other too. But at what stage are we protected from that happening? If...

A player can’t sign a pro contract until they are 17. I’m not sure what, if any, protection is given when a player leaves school at 16 and signs as a scholar. You’d hope when they reach that stage that they couldn’t just be poached.