it does do harm though...cos england hammering france and wales over inflates their ability.....and they come crashing down at the end of the year.....


and you talk about a tri nations with GB,AUS & NZ..........what about the pacific island nations??? whats gonna drive the development of the game there if they have'nt got a 4nations to aim for??


your all failing to see the bigger picture!.....we need more countries playing more meaningful international games, euro/pacifc cup,4nations,RLWCQ & RLWC.....not international teams playing part time....and a part time GB

But they dont get cast-offs do they, if other nations played proper internationals Uate would still be playing for Fiji and Brough for Scotland. If we stopped them switching all together all it would mean is Uate would never have played for Fiji, Jennings never played for Tonga and brough never played for Scotland, it wouldnt mean the didnt switch to the bigger nations, it just means they would never have played for the smaller ones.

If England are losing because they believe their own hype they dont deserve to win.


They play meaningful internationals against Australia and NZ throughout the season

So England should leave the four nations and play in the euro cup instead.

If we treat countries and competitions as 2nd class its no wonder people want to be involved in the countries and competitions which we treat as first class instead. We should treat them all the same.

Meaningful mid season internationals, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and France in the northern hemisphere play each other once during the season, 2 years out of every 4 GB compete in a 5 team post season comp.

Australia, NZ, Fiji, Tonga, PNG and Samoa play each other in the Southern hemisphere and 2 years out of 4 a Pac Isles team plays in a 5 nations comp.

2 years out of 4 Australia, NZ, GB, Pac Isles and France play each other in a 5 team comp, 1 out of every 4 years we have a world cup. Once in every 8 years GB and France Tour Australia, NZ and the Pac Isles, Once in every 8 years Australia, NZ and the Pac Isles Tour the UK and France.

If we do that, Uate, Hayne, etc will still be playing for Fiji, making them a better, more competitive side improving their national side, and the players who are playing with them, the same with Tonga, Samoa, Wales, Scotland, etc until they are the level of the big 3, and when they are, we have a great international structure to watch them compete.

The sad fact is that whilst Australia and New Zealand are playing international RL England/GB will never win a major tournament.

Nobody will ever care about international rugby as long as you've got players switching countries every other year. Play for the country you're born in or not at all. International rugby is a joke and always will be as long is the have people like Richard Lewis are running our sport.

It's the switching that's the problem. One nation, for life. That way Brough could have either decided to play for Scotland and play in a WC, or sat around for his whole career and waited to see if he was ever good enough for England, and whatever he chose is HIS problem. Therefore, if he chose to play for England and never made it, but then decided to play for Scotland, only for England to come knocking later, tough. He chose Scotland and has to accept it. It's ridiculous and embarrassing that Brough and Moimoi can keep switching every year. I assume Brough will be running off back to Scotland when he fails to make the England WC squad.

Playing as GB is only to cover up the real problem of nation switching.

They shouldn't even get a choice! Play for the country you're born in, and nobody else!

Yeah, but what if you're born in, say, Paraguay, while your parents are visiting the country. You grow up in England and have English parents, but you can only play for Paraguay? (Who don't even have a National team anyway).

Thats a bit too strict. I think birth of Gran Parents is a fair enough rule.

I think the answer is no... the reason is more about being able to make decent young players into international standard performers.. we were better at it when the game was semi-pro... there was so much more hunger amongst the young players then...

It just isnt important in the SuperLeague... clubs just sign players who have come through the Aussie conveyer belt and play [i'lip service' [/ito genuine player development! after so many years of Super League youth development we should have 40 - 50 players now... who are all fighting each other to play rep football.

You should be allowed to play for whatever countries you hold valid passports for.

That is all.


Most people have one. Quite a few people have 2.