Not at the current "elite" level yet no, but maybe the seed should be planted at junior level.

I loved the Roses concept when it first came out and I still proudly sport my Yorkshire shirt. I'd love to see it revived, especially in place of Exiles. There was no atmosphere at the games last year. At least the roses games have some real heritage outside the sport and could provide a level of intensity between week in week out Super League grind and being ripped apart by the Australians/NZ. It does need setting up correctly though, weekend date would be a priority really, gives it more qudos than a shoehorned in midweek game!

We should just have Yorkshire vs. the Rest of the World, like with everything else.

...but they wont. Besides, the RL is trying to distance itself from its parochial past....resurrecting a Yorks v Lancs concept will simply seal it into its past. It's not going to happen.

As for "talent from the South"....come on. If the rules can be bent to accomodate the likes of Chase into qualifying for England it's not going to take a great deal of stretching the imagination/bending the rules to breaking point, to generate a Southern England team.

I was thinking about this whilst watching the game. I went to a couple of the YorksVsLancs games and they were poor.

My idea would be 'Battle of Britain' East Vs West. Maybe not the best title but work in progress.

English players would be picked based on the location of the team they play for rather than their location of birth.

East - Players selected from:
Bradford
Cas
Huddersfield
Hull FC
Hull KR
Leeds
London
Wakefield

West - Players selected from:
Catalan (I know they are east but we have to balance things)
Salford
St Helens
Warrington
Widnes
Wigan

A one off game maybe held at the Galpharm on a weekend where prior to the game some junior and amateur cup finals are played instead or as well as before the challenge cup final.

Only an idea but some interesting teams could be selected.

I remember yorkshire battering lancs and diskin being the best player on the pitch by a mile. Come test time he never got a look in. Its a complete waste of time and money. Same old faces will get picked

crabtree mentioned he would like to play for yorkshire

Yorkshire are waaaaaay more bothered about this "rivalry" than Lancashire, hence it will never work.

Always makes me smile when we travel away and hear the "Yorkshire" chant - never crosses my mind to chant about Lancashire when supporting Saints (cue - that's because you're from merseyside jibe )

I enjoyed those games in the sixties between Cumbria Lancashire & Yorkshire. I would welcome a return of a Lancashire v. Yorkshire match but played @ the weekend rather than during the week, as they did in the past.