I'd still rather they went for Yorkshire v Lancashire but allowed the overseas players to be involved in it too depending on which county they play or first played in.

I would try to be interested in an England v ANZAC (or whatever) team, but much would depend on the game being played with some intensity.

I also think that one of the ingredients you need for really top level sporting contests is passionate fans on both sides. I'm not just talking about support at the game, either, because obviously you'll always have more home than away fans at most games. I'm talking about knowing that the team you are playing has loads of support watching on TV.

When England RL play Australia in Wigan, for example, there might only be a few Aussies at the game, but at least you know that there are thousands of them watching back in Australia. Beating a team that no one cares about doesn't have the same appeal. That's why if we're going to have an England v Other Nationalities game, we need to encourage the other nationalities to support 'their' team.

if we want international competetion England have to play Wales,France etc but not mid-season

why not something like a Yorks v Lancs or similar mid-season if we have to play anything at that time ?

Except we're not teaching children, we're talking about international RL and it doesn't work that way.

Couldn't see a thread on it anyway so please do correct me if there is... Came across these articles today about England having a summer game against a selected Super League Allstars team. www.rugbyleaguetoday.co.uk/engla ... all-stars/ & here... www.loverugbyleague.com/news_474 ... -test.html Good idea, bad idea? Personally it sounds like a promising project!

Couldn't see a thread on it anyway so please do correct me if there is... Came across these articles today about England having a summer game against a selected Super League Allstars team. www.rugbyleaguetoday.co.uk/engla ... all-stars/ & here... www.loverugbyleague.com/news_474 ... -test.html Good idea, bad idea? Personally it sounds like a promising project!

We've been far too busy talking about finances, shares, overseas players, quotas etc to keep a rugby league topic on the front page