I would love to see Sam Tomkins go over to the NRL. Not to see how he would initially fare but just to see how much he would improve. We really don't want him to stagnate and not fulfill the outstanding potential he has.

Mr McGuire is the perfect example of that, certainly an outstanding Super League player who has achieved alot in the game but does nobody else have that nagging feeling about what might have been had he been subjected to the rigorous and evolutionary training methods in the NRL during his peak years. Add to that the intensity of the (80 minute!) competition that he would have played in and I really feel we could have been talking about him in the same bracket as Lockyer, Marshall etc...

I can think of a few others aside from Tomkins who would be enhanced for going down under, lets just hope some of them are brave enough to take that step.

Yes losing two players per team to the NRL would absolutely cripple the competition in the UK.

Nobody would go watch a Leeds side without Danny McGuire and Jamie Peacock for example. Or a Saints one without Kyle Eastmond and Leon Pryce.

This is a silly idea. It just makes our domestic game a joke and so it would wither.

If they were serious, they would suggest sending the top 100 Australian players to Super League where they could be brought down to our level but strengthen our league and weaken theirs.

Agreed its a no brainer, who is going to support there team when all the best players are playing in OZ. Attendances would drop, creating less revenue for the clubs, resulting in cheap lower standard overseas players and young players not ready for superleague. If we want a strong superleague and strong national side we need to increase the intensity of the game with the best available british players. Bring the NRL (intensity) style game to superleague

At least Schofield, during his peak, actually played in Australia (I admit, his career was during the Winter, so it was easy to spend the off-season down under) in the toughest domestic competition in the world.

Compare that to many 'stars' that are high profile players and talk a good game by threatening to chance their arm in Australia and frankly spend their entire careers within 20 miles of Bolton ....

I know what you are driving at Admiral but your view (IMO) is to narrow.

There are many reasons are players dont go over to Oz such as they dont get the offers, they dont want to move their families half way round the world, they are already on good money here.