The shirt probably would.....that England one is rubbish, whereas the old GB one with the Red and Blue V is class.

a briers and brough partnership might have helped our cause this tour

Yes and wonderboy sam tomkins is going to scare the aussies :-p

Sport England funding means it's got to be England. Unless we can find a few million somewhere else.

I thought the whole Sport England funding thing was a myth and that Richard Lewis had categorically denied it had any influence on the switch to England?

Don't Sport England fund GB athletes?

IIRC Sport England funding goes to governing bodies for them to spend on the provision of facilities and coaching rather than in providing funds directly to athletes.