www.nrl.com/england-chasing-mate ... fault.aspx McNamara needs sacking if he continues to go down this route. Saw an interview last year where Mateo said he was desperate to play for the Blues and Australia in the future. League doesn't really have an international scene and it never will if this continues.

www.nrl.com/england-chasing-mate ... fault.aspx McNamara needs sacking if he continues to go down this route. Saw an interview last year where Mateo said he was desperate to play for the Blues and Australia in the future. League doesn't really have an international scene and it never will if this continues.

He's a scouser, brother to Dominic Mat(t)eo that used to pretend to play football for Liverpool.

Get him in the squad I say. We can always change the 'Feleti' to 'Freddy' to make it sound more English.

This is getting stupid. There's no real need to try and exploit every possible loophole in the qualification laws.

Why not spend the time and effort developing our own talent instead of trying to manufacture players from overseas. Reed, Heighington and Chase is more than enough, probably too much and we wouldn't be exactly devastated by not including any of them.

McNamara doesnt seem to be trying to push anyone into switching allegiances. However if he did, I wouldnt blame him. The Aussies and Kiwi's have always done it. Maybe if we did also we would have won a few trophies in recent years. www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=10795797

McNamara doesnt seem to be trying to push anyone into switching allegiances. However if he did, I wouldnt blame him. The Aussies and Kiwi's have always done it. Maybe if we did also we would have won a few trophies in recent years. www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=10795797

This is getting stupid. There's no real need to try and exploit every possible loophole in the qualification laws.

reed and heighington was both born in the uk wasn't they? if so they are english and i have no problems with them being selected but chase is a joke and so will this be if it happens. another 40 players on a list eligible to play for england?

. be interesting to see who and what situation but he is putting in far too much time in looking for aussie/new zealand/south sea islander converts

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McNamara can say whatever he wants in the press about players contacting him and convincing him they are playing for the right reasons but Chase was named in the New Zealand train on squad the year before he played for England and played in the Exiles game. Not something i would think was showing commitment myself if i was England coach. And for Heighington bit of a coincidence that he became committed to play for England the year McNamara took full charge of England. And the fact he is quoted as saying "Feleti is a class player, but it wouldn't be right for me to chase him to play for us," is pretty much saying show interest in playing for England and i have a shirt ready.

Is he? Did you actually read what McNamara's quote? It doesnt seem to be his agenda.

reed and heighington was both born in the uk wasn't they?

Reed was but Heighington was born in Sydney just has an English father. basically gave up getting in the Blues team got a call from McNamara and thought why not.

I prefer hearing comments like this: www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield- ... -30672789/

I prefer hearing comments like this: www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield- ... -30672789/

Is he better than the forwards we have? Dont watch NRL so know nothing about him

His mum's English and I believe he still holds a British Passport.

Hes more English than Chase so thats a plus. I do think it is becoming a joke but if he holds an English passport and wants to play for England for the "right reasons" then he should play for us. He is a top quality player and would give us a better of winning the world cup. I would like to see who else is in the list of 40 as I'm sure it would be interesting

Aussies v exiles at Sydney stadium will soon be our home game

I would like to see AUS NZ and England not pick players who have represented other countries at international level.

This would certainly be the first case I can think of for the england team.

I don't have a problem if you have represented say Australia and then play for Lebanon but not vice versa.

He is a points machine in fantasy nrl. Apart from the fact he isn't English he would walk into the England team in the back row alongside Ellis and Burgess but could also be used as a 6 as he played there for the eels a few years ago and drops in there every now and then in games for the warriors. Great pair of hands and loves to offload. Would definitely improve England's attack around the edges which is what England have lacked over the years.

Congratulations, you've just killed any chance of other nations being competitive with the big three at international level.

If you're a young New Zealander with ambitions to represent the Kiwis but who qualifies for Fiji/Samoa/Tonga through parentage and one of those "lesser" nations comes knocking first, are you going to blow your chances of ever representing New Zealand by opting to play for them?

Similarly nobody with aspirations of playing for England is going to opt for Scotland/Wales/Ireland, which they can do at the moment in the knowledge that they can always switch if they get the opportunity and meet the qualifications.

good player

whether he should play for england or not is another matter

british passport?? english mother? a good case

other countries do it, and we wont be moaning if we win the world cup!

Heighington was singing the Aussie national anthem before the Souths v Wests game! Not very good is it

It is this sort of attitude and way of thinking that holds our sport back internationally more than anything, not improves it. If a player is not willing to commit to a country then they should not be playing for them. Of course, a fairer schedule for all nations is needed to make playing for 'minor' nations more of an attractive alternative. But looking for a quick fix instead of developing national squads over the next decade is why we are in the position we are currently in!

oh well we know why macnamara is off to aus now, its not to visit the nrl based english players, its to tap up nrl players to play for england. we need these players to represent the smaller nations like tonga and png, otherwise the international game will never get stronger if the bigger nations continue to cream off the best of their talent

I hope McNamara taps up at least 40 players from the NRL who legitimately qualify to play for us under the international eligibility rules. I don't care whether they are caucasian, black, yellow, aussie, kiwi, islander, muslim, mormon, martian, lebanese or got a funny sounding name which anglo saxon morons will never be able to grasp the spelling of correctly. If they qualify, they qualify... get over it. The day when we can field 17 players from the NRL is the day when even I might believe we are capable of beating Australia and actually winning something. Until then, we've no chance.