Can anyone else see steam coming out of Bren's avatar? I think he is on the brink of bursting something. Cas fans may show a little bias but it can easily be turned the other way. We have a joke of an international game which nobody cared about. All of a sudden, Rangi starts playing for England and all these die hard England 'fans' are outraged . Face it, we have no media attention, no publicity, and half the times the RL fans don't even know there is an international game on. At least Rangi playing for England made the papers.

Tricky this, I do think the eligibility rules need to be looked at, with the whole Scotland, Ireland, Wales eligibility swapping around more than I change my socks. So, that aside. Was Rangi MOTM, hmm, debutants often get a bit of a honeymoon vote and I think this is what happened.

I think Sky were ill considered when 2 of the 3 on pitch interviews were with southern hemisphere accents! That said Reed and Widdop qualify on birth so there is absolutely no question on their selection.

I don't blame Steve Mac for picking Rangi if he is elligible, but the rules do need looking at. On the whole though, decent debut from Rangi and if he does play more regularly for England, then it can only help our sport and club profile, so I am happy.

Just imagine now strong Fiji or Tonga may have been if the Aussie/Kiwis hadn't poached their best players, we might have had a 5 nations with a bit of credibility.

Seems like some folk will jump at any chance for a good gripe at anything even loosely related to Castleford...

The bottom line is that Rangi Chase, irrespective of his club side, is qualified to play for England. Some people don't like that - to be honest I'm not over the moon at how the international selection criteria are laid down - but let's face it, it's sod all to do with Rangi, Castleford, you or me. The rules are the rules and that's that - it just so happens that the rules have allowed Rangi to show his new allegiance and have gifted England one of the best halves we've had in a long time. Rangi isn't breaking any rules, and if he's felt so welcome in England to want to 'become' English then that's fine by me. There's plenty of precedent for this sort of thing and not just when it comes to England. Strange that most of Cas' rival fans didn't give much of a damn about all that's gone before though - certainly not on the scale we're seeing over Rangi. Is anyone equally distraught that (eg) Anthony Minicello is turning out for Italy? Thought not.

I thought he had a good, solid game vs France and I think it'll get better too. well done Rangi.

Is his wife called Viola?



I'll get me coat....

Some of you lot have got a bigger chip on your collective shoulders than WTW fans, and that takes some doing!

Once again - this has got naff all to do with Castleford.

HTH.

Then why are you constantly here trolling?

As I mentioned a couple of days ago - regardless of whether you think he should be playing or not, why have this debate on a thread that was set up to say well done to Rangi for his match award?

Gronk - just so you're clear, disagreeing with the prevailing view, playing devils advocate or indeed arguing with the incumbent cock(s) of the walk does not constitute trolling. HTH.

Georgie - I think I responded to the orginal post by expressing my bafflement at the award; I remain baffled by it, as did Rangi by the look of his spaced out expression during the post-match.

If you want the discussion moved to the other thread, talk to your mods - I can't help you there.

Looks like Bren2k has a bit of a problem with our star half back playing for England. How many Wakefield players got picked again...? Oh dear, none. Your bitterness and jelousy stand out like a sore thumb. Numpty.

For the final time, for the hard of thinking - I have a problem with a New Zealander playing for England; I don't give a rat's ar5e who he plays for. Wazzock.

Can anyone answer my question from earlier. Now he's represented England at Rugby League does he actually need a visa to play in the domestic league.?

Dont know for certain but i have never heard of international selection effecting visa issues. I doubt his visa situation has changed at all.

Well if you don't have a problem who he plays for, then why not naff off onto another board to whinge about it. because in all honesty no-one here really cares what you think.