Yeah looking forward to Stevo commentating on these names!

In all seriousness great for the game. A smattering of real yanks, but at a glance the RL WC now has a more of a World feel to it. Heard the Pope captain bloke speak before and he could be a real ambassador for the WC in changing peoples perceptions that these teams are totally made up of Aussies with heritage. Just need the Cedars to pull through now.

It's pertinent to note your difficulty in recognising the relative merits of yet another team chocka full of Australian players qualifying for the World Cup.

Which 'chocka full of Australians' team do you think will qualify for the World Cup this coming weekend?

Lebanon? Or Italy?

I don’t care, either would be a worthy addition to the world cup and it is great that even if it is only 5-10 players from the domestic competitions, they are being exposed to this level of competition. Its ok don’t worry, nobody doubts your NRL fanboy credentials they are safe, nobody doubts quite how in love you are with it.

I'm not aware of any players in either of the Lebanon or Italy squads with SL experience, therefore it'll be much more difficult to predict the losers out of that clash.

So you think the NRL is much better than SL, if only you had hijacked a thread regarding the emerging nations of international RL to let us all know! Thankfully it is now clear and you have stopped hiding that little pearl of wisdom under a bushel.

Im surprised you have kept so quiet about this cutting edge insight previously.

Apple Pope has a brother who also plays league. His name is Taco.

No, I'm not making that up.