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| Quote Sir Kevin Sinfield="Sir Kevin Sinfield"Every other country in the world (in all sports) picks the best available eligible team, regardless of place of birth. Maybe nobody has told Wayne Bennett some backward thinking flat earth brigade find it unacceptable for England rugby league to do the same.'"
The last thing RL in this country needs is England playing Australia live on the BBC to be followed by post-match interviews with England players who have Australian accents.
It would further entrench RL's status in this country as a small sport.
The sport needs an England team genuinely represented by English players if we want the England team to be taken seriously by the rest of the country.
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| Quote Sir Kevin Sinfield="Sir Kevin Sinfield"Every other country in the world (in all sports) picks the best available eligible team, regardless of place of birth. Maybe nobody has told Wayne Bennett some backward thinking flat earth brigade find it unacceptable for England rugby league to do the same.'"
Right well based on the new irfl rules we can have Cherry evens as well, I bet if you look hard enough we can have have any aussie we want that doesn't get into the Kangaroos team
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Quote Him="Him"The last thing RL in this country needs is England playing Australia live on the BBC to be followed by post-match interviews with England players who have Australian accents.
It would further entrench RL's status in this country as a small sport.
The sport needs an England team genuinely represented by English players if we want the England team to be taken seriously by the rest of the country.
The same goes for every other nation in RL.'"
Is Rugby Union now seen as a small sport or was it barely mentioned at the 2015 World Cup?
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Quote Him="Him"The last thing RL in this country needs is England playing Australia live on the BBC to be followed by post-match interviews with England players who have Australian accents.
It would further entrench RL's status in this country as a small sport.
The sport needs an England team genuinely represented by English players if we want the England team to be taken seriously by the rest of the country.
The same goes for every other nation in RL.'"
Is Rugby Union now seen as a small sport or was it barely mentioned at the 2015 World Cup?
www.americasrugbynews.com/2015/0 ... -rwc-2015/ | |
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| Quote Sir Kevin Sinfield="Sir Kevin Sinfield"Every other country in the world (in all sports) picks the best available eligible team, regardless of place of birth.'"
Not every sport though allows players to represent different countries at international level. Just because our eligibility rules are different doesn't mean we should use them. |
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Im sure everyone remembers the passion Brad Barrit showed for the England shirt right?
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Im sure everyone remembers the passion Brad Barrit showed for the England shirt right?
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Rugby Union isn't in the position RL is in. It doesn't need to increase its profile in this country. It doesn't need to dramatically increase revenues and sponsorship. It doesn't need to be taken seriously by the establishment including big business and the media.
International Rugby Union is light years ahead of International RL in terms of credibility. We have little, they have loads. |
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Rugby Union isn't in the position RL is in. It doesn't need to increase its profile in this country. It doesn't need to dramatically increase revenues and sponsorship. It doesn't need to be taken seriously by the establishment including big business and the media.
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I don't reckon I'm capable of forming an emotional attachment to an austro-england team. If a win means that much to some then, sure, go for it. I'll not pay to watch it though. Or even watch it, I suspect.
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Them having an Aussie accent doesn't bother me, Cuthbertson for example should've been picked last year. But I think selecting someone who has not only played for Australia but played and scored against England in a 4 Nations Final would be ridiculous.
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Im sure everyone remembers the passion Brad Barrit showed for the England shirt right?'"
Or Ben Te'O, Dylan Hartley, Tuilagi, the Vunipolas, Yarde, Harrison, Clifford from the more recent England RU squads.... That's at least 8 players in the squad who were not born and raised in England... Many with foreign accents...
I don't particularly like it, but that's modern day sport - and a reflection really of modern day life.
The Aussie and Kiwi RL teams do it, we've previously done it, so basically, we might as well join them, or be left further behind.... Pick the best players who are available and committed to the cause... |
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Im sure everyone remembers the passion Brad Barrit showed for the England shirt right?'"
Or Ben Te'O, Dylan Hartley, Tuilagi, the Vunipolas, Yarde, Harrison, Clifford from the more recent England RU squads.... That's at least 8 players in the squad who were not born and raised in England... Many with foreign accents...
I don't particularly like it, but that's modern day sport - and a reflection really of modern day life.
The Aussie and Kiwi RL teams do it, we've previously done it, so basically, we might as well join them, or be left further behind.... Pick the best players who are available and committed to the cause... | |
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This is a tricky one. When England have played the likes of Reed & Heighington I have been, on the whole, supportive of them in their efforts for their "mother nation" as they were one or two "Aussie speakers" in a squad of more obvious English nationals.
What if the entire squad was made up of Reed's & Heighington's? Would English RL fans feel an affinity to the team & support in good numbers (as they generally do now)? I, for one, would most definitely not.
So, should we have a quota of non-English-born players?
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| Quote son of headingley="son of headingley"What if the entire squad was made up of Reed's & Heighington's? Would English RL fans feel an affinity to the team & support in good numbers (as they generally do now)? I, for one, would most definitely not.
So, should we have a quota of non-English-born players?'"
But presumably peoples Australian intolerance threshold would kick in at different points so I'm not sure that a quota is the answer. That said, if we can't provide any kind of a challenge with only the odd aussie plugging the odd gap we might as well not f*****g bother. |
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| Quote Clearwing="Clearwing"But presumably peoples Australian intolerance threshold would kick in at different points so I'm not sure that a quota is the answer. That said, if we can't provide any kind of a challenge with only the odd aussie plugging the odd gap we might as well not f*****g bother.'"
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