Quote: Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza "Agreed but Smith, Thurston and Slater are future immortals the others aren't at that level yet.
If we don't win a series in the next 3-4 years we never will (unless there is a massive shift in popularity in this country).'"
I remember when Lewis and Sterling retired some said the same thing.
Trouble is the player pool is so big in Australia they will have plenty of great prospects to choose from. Those prospects will begin to improve too as they play in higher pressure NRL games and Origin. Meanwhile Luke Gale's understudies (no idea who they are) will only have a handful of really tough SL games (the rest being fairly easy games) and a few games for England Knights to get them ready to meet the Aussies.
Can't see RL in this country ever becoming massively more popular and increasing its player pool to match Australia's
Just thinking, outside of the likes of Sneyd and Smith the only halfbacks coming through seem to be kids that are a long way from cracking SL never mind playing tests - Richardson, Trueman, Lilley, Patton.