Appendix A PLAYER POINTS 2015 Player Points System (Amended 21/10/2014)

1 1.Australian/ New Zealand/ Great Britain International or 400 pts/player – 1st Year State Of Origin Representative within the last 3 years 300 pts/player – 2nd Year 100 pts/player – 3rd Year 2 NSW RL City/Country Origin or QRL equivalent within the last 2 years. 300 pts/player – 1st Year 150 pts/player – 2nd Year 75 pts/player – 3rd Year 3 National 1st Grade player who has played 10 or more games in any one season 200 pts/player – 1st Year within the last 2 years. 125 pts/player – 2nd Year 75 pts/player – 3rd Year 4 NSW / QLD / NZ Residents. NSW / QLD Country Representative within the last 2 years. 150 pts/player – 1st Year 100 pts/player – 2nd Year 50 pts/player – 3rd Year 5 A NSW Cup / QLD Cup player who has played 10 or more games in any one season within the last 100 pts/player – 1st Year 2 years 75 pts/player – 2nd Year 50 pts/player – 3rd Year 6 English Super League who has played 10 or more games in any one season within the last 2 years. 100 pts/player – 1st Year 75 pts/player – 2nd Year 50 pts/player – 3rd Year 7 NSW (Tier 1) /QLD Country Divisional Representative and NZ equivalent within the last 2 years. 100 pts/player – 1st Year 75 pts/player – 2nd Year 50 pts/player – 3rd Year 8 A NYC and Newcastle Tooheys Cup First Grade player who has played 10 or more games in any 75 pts/player – 1st Year one season within the last 2 years. 50 pts/player – 2nd Year 10 pts/player – 3rd Year 9 A Newcastle junior player from another Tooheys Cup club / feeder club. Allocation of points 100 pts/player – 1st Year commences 1st year out of under 18s and runs for 3 consecutive years. 50 pts/player – 2nd Year 25 pts/player – 3rd Year 10 A NSW Country Divisional (Tier 2)/ / FOGS Cup / New Zealand domestic 50 pts/player – 1st Year competition player who has played 10 or more games in any one season within the last 2 years. 25 pts/player – 2nd Year 10pts/player –3rd Year 11 A lower grade player from another Newcastle Club who has played more than 10 games in any one 5 pts/player – 1st Year season within the last 2 years. 0 pts/player – 2nd Year 12 A player from A South Pacific Island Nation eg; Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands or PNG who have 50 pts/player – 1st year represented their country at National Level in Rugby League 25 pts/player – 2nd Year 0 pts/player –3rd Year 13 A player from a South Pacific Island Nation eg; Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands or PNG who have Nil Points not represented their country but have played local football in that countries domestic competition 14 A player from another code. Nil Points

15 A player released by the Knights in the draft system. Nil Points

16 A junior from own club or subsidiary feeder club. A senior/junior player from outside of the Newcastle Nil Points Division or a junior returning to own club after selection at higher grade by a Club regardless of length of absence from Club or level achieved. 17 If a club finishes higher on the competition ladder (at the end of the premiership rounds) than another club in the previous year and the club that finishes higher signs and/or registers a player from another club that finished below it, then the player’s value doubles in the particular category that they are categorised in.