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I see Nathan Browns having a pop at England picking 'foreign' players ie Rangi Chase...
www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480
He says..'if something looks like a duck, quacks like a duck..its a duck!' meaning if you look and sound Kiwi or Aussie then you are probably not English!!..so why are they in England squad. I have to agree, I hate it when players are selected who are not English nationals, all kinds of qualification loopholes are explored to find talent we haven't produced oursleves these days, its really quite sad.
Having said that I would draw Mr Browns attention to his own nations selection policy. Given the quality and number of homefrown aussies playing in the NRL why do they resort to picking non-aussie players to don the green and gold. For example look at the list below (there are others I could have listed too):
Tonie Carroll-NZ Born
Karmicheal Hunt-NZ Born
Israel Falau-NZ( I think?)
Petero Cinoniceva-Fijian Born
Brad Thorn-NZ Born
Hasem El Masri-Lebanon Born
Take note Mr Brown...If they're born outside of Australia..they're probably not Australian! |
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I see Nathan Browns having a pop at England picking 'foreign' players ie Rangi Chase...
www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480
He says..'if something looks like a duck, quacks like a duck..its a duck!' meaning if you look and sound Kiwi or Aussie then you are probably not English!!..so why are they in England squad. I have to agree, I hate it when players are selected who are not English nationals, all kinds of qualification loopholes are explored to find talent we haven't produced oursleves these days, its really quite sad.
Having said that I would draw Mr Browns attention to his own nations selection policy. Given the quality and number of homefrown aussies playing in the NRL why do they resort to picking non-aussie players to don the green and gold. For example look at the list below (there are others I could have listed too):
Tonie Carroll-NZ Born
Karmicheal Hunt-NZ Born
Israel Falau-NZ( I think?)
Petero Cinoniceva-Fijian Born
Brad Thorn-NZ Born
Hasem El Masri-Lebanon Born
Take note Mr Brown...If they're born outside of Australia..they're probably not Australian! | |
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| Quote: tommyfromhull "Wow.'"
He has got a point, making good partnerships in the squad is an important thing.
Having two of the best players wont work unless they work well together. |
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| Quote: blackpoolwigan "He has got a point, making good partnerships in the squad is an important thing.
Having two of the best players wont work unless they work well together.'"
He has a point, but he's not made it very well.
If two great players don't make a great combination, you don't drop the better one! |
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| Quote: blackpoolwigan "He has got a point, making good partnerships in the squad is an important thing.
Having two of the best players wont work unless they work well together.'"
If Inglis and Charnley/anyone else on the planet wasn't working, it wouldn't be Inglis who I would be dropping! |
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Sure that combo is one of the most important in the team so pair them from teams so centres/wings know each other ie.
Riley
Atkins
Watkins
Hall
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Charnley
Goulding
Hardaker
Hall
Well you get the point
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In terms of centres/wingers, combinations are only really important if the players available haven't got the necessary individual quality. Australia don't have that problem because they have both strength and depth in the three quarters, whereas we sorely lack it. Hopefully we are beginning to see that change a bit.
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