100 appearances ?

Adrian Morley
Gareth Ellis
Sam Burgess

Nope.

Morley and Ellis have rarely stood out in a GB or England shirt against the Aussies and Kiwis.

But keep trying.

Sam Burgess has the potential but he's still work in progress.

The only thing that has made this era look very ordinary indeed is the salary cap. However don’t let that blind you to the fact that Super League has played host to some very extraordinary players. Don’t ever think for one minute that the likes of Kieran Cunningham, Sean Long, Danny McGuire, Kevin Sinfield and others only looked good on the field because they played alongside what you call mediocre. These four players in their prompt would fit right into your beloved NRL.

In response to your nosedive point, BBC Four recently did a rerun of the 1978 challenge cup final and I can assure you that there’s been better Leeds and St Helen’s clashes in the super league era. Super League does have its faults, but at its best its produces rugby league quality that is as good as any era they was in the sport.

Unfortunately you let your ignorance dominate your opinions far too much. Whilst we may of not had the teams to beat the best of what’s to offer on the international stage. We’ve certainly have had the players. However I do agree that these players haven’t been consistent enough on the international stage.

Perhaps your greatest downfall of all is the whole ‘NRL rejects come to super league’ line that you dish out on here from time to time. Jamie Lyon went back to the NRL after a stint in Super League. Mark Riddell has recently gone back to play in the NRL for Sydney Roosters. Heck even Tonie Carroll managed to get a lot of seasons with Brisbane after he returned beact to the NRL after a stint with Leeds Rhinos. There’s many more examples, but I’ll give you a chance to mount a proper argument.

I'm sure you'll be pedantic about the parameters of your own particular definition of "world class"; and, of course, you have specified you are talking about international games, which serves to support your argument due to the gulf in class between GB and Australian teams in recent years - one might argue that Wally Lewis would fail to stand out in a team that was being beaten so easily as GB have been by Australia over the last decade.

But I would imagine many of our antipodean friends involved in the game would happily refer to Adrian Morley and Gareth Ellis as being "world class" given their impact and achievements in the NRL.

A fully fit Cunningham may have been good enough, but we'll never know. He was fairly ordinary in a GB shirt against the Aussies and Kiwis though. As for the other three, stop being silly. Save the bizarre slapstick routine for where it's more appropriate

I can't believe no one has mentioned Ian Kirke yet.

Perhaps they are unsure if he has made the required number of appearances to be considered. Well he has - 108.

Watch the floodgates open now.




Of those:
Andrew Ettingshausen - 41
Marcus Bai - 63
Cliff Lyons - 53
Marc Glanville - 52

The rest are OK.

Predictable much?

What he said, but too much to ask.

very suspicious methods
probably the only guy to have seen all the relevnt players gives you five names,
you get to vote on them
the number of names is reduced (to five names?)
then someone else can decide which of the names left goes on the team sheet