Its not like dboy to post anything negative against something linked to Cas



People can adopt regional accents if they have lived there long enough...ever heard Jan Molby when he summaries on radio 5 ?

We still going on about this? It's not 1964, reality is every sport in the world will happily use non citizens for their country if it strengthens the chance of them winning something. You really think RL should or will be any different?

I see that well known Jap Craig Wing has just helped the Japan national RU team win a game for the first time.

This is such a pointless thing to get uptight about. I reckon we could name hundreds and hundreds of players that represent countries they wern't born in.

The only issue is when players represent a nation and then change their minds to one of the 'big three.'

Uate, Mason, Hayne, Brough, Harrison, McIlorum etc. I just think if the international committee could get everyone's heads together and encourage players to stick with the smaller nations it would be better in years to come for International RL.

Nothing to see here ladies and gentlemen. This is a non-issue IMO. Poeple need to get over it. Rangi Chase is here to stay so we better start getting used to it.

To be honest I do not care were he comes from if he was Chinese I would not care has long has he is a good player, but in my opinion he is not good enough to play for England he goes missing to much

In the Tigers team he has a free reign - basically he can play whatever role he wants. There is no real structure, no shackles. He is THE go-to player. For England he struggles with not having the freedom he is used to. He is a luxury player. I have no doubt he will be on the bench for England with Widdop and Myler or Sinny starting.

Great player to watch though. Last night was fantastic.

I'm completely struggling to see what your point is?

Chase has a New Zealand accent, so he's from New Zealand.
Widdop has an English accent, so he's English.
Reed has an Australian accent, but that doesn't matter.

What point are you trying to make about accents?

Either way, it isn't Rangi who makes the rules, they were in place long before he joined Cas. Sam Burgess has expressed his desire to play Origin & why wouldn't he wanna play?

But fair play to you for pointing out he was Man of the Match last night, another man of the match accolade for the England International and Man of steel 2011.

Rangi Chase has an English family(wife and kid), is an English citizen and has lived in England for years. His own cousin tried to break his angle for being a traitor, supposedly.

Jack Reed is some guy who was raised in Australia and is Australian for all intents and purposes. To say he's more English than Rangi is puzzling, who lives here and has an English child? Not Reed.

Your views belong in the 1800s tbh. Wonder if you'd be so supportive of Reed if he was an ethnic Ugandan born in England and moved to Australia

Someone else brought Reed into it. He shouldn't play for England either.

Not sure what you mean with your last sentence...are you calling me a racist?

Fed up of hearing about this, all part of the RL insecurity complex. Get over it!

I find the whole nonsense debate more embarrassing than him wearing an England jersey ever was/is. No other sport naval gazes as much as we do, which is probably why they can concentrate on getting the important details right.

Why shouldn't he?

Eh? English people shouldn't play for England?

Flat cap alert

He shouldn't play because he is not good enough. Not that he is not a good player, just that surely we have better.

Is that "why, shouldn't he?", or is it as you have typed it?

He showed he was pretty damn good on friday night. He has his off days, who doesn't? Form is temporary, class is permanent.

That comment was about Reed.

Rangi is amazing on his day, no doubt about that.

Sorry. My mistake. Reed has struggled a little this year, & so have the Broncos. I rate Watkins, Cudjoe & Hardacker more so then Reed but there's time yet.

Dboy; I'm very busy, but enjoy reading your liberal and fair minded views on player representation. Could you please point me in the right direction to the threads you undoubtedly created about Chris heighington and maurie fa'asavalu (sp) were selected for England.
I only ask so together we can dispel the myth that you're anti-rangi and ultimately anti-Cas.

Dboy; I'm very busy, but enjoy reading your liberal and fair minded views on player representation. Could you please point me in the right direction to the threads you undoubtedly created about Chris heighington and maurie fa'asavalu (sp) were selected for England.
I only ask so together we can dispel the myth that you're anti-rangi and ultimately anti-Cas.

But not too busy to post your message twice?



If Rangi played for my team, I would still tell you he should not be picked for England - it's not a Cas thing.

Neither of the two you mention should have been picked for England.

Of course, the rules are the rules...is MacNamara wrong for picking him on that basis...I guess not.

And Zola Budd should not have been picked for GB either.

HTH.

I'm absolutely certain Chris heightington played for Engand when I went to watch them at Wembley against the Aussies in 2011