Quote: Him "But we are a union of nations, in many ways like the EU or the Eurozone.
And the fact major sporting bodies have historically recognised and continue to recognise the separate nations, including, importantly, the RLIF, is very much here and there and provides the validity that is missing with NSW & Qld.
You might disagree that the separate nations should be separate but that doesn't mean the separate nations lack validity.'"
Most nation states are made up of several constituent nations, but it is the nation state itself which should determine the national side. The history of a nation state really is irrelevant, otherwise you could argue for Spain to field umpteen national sides, or for the Czech Republic and Slovakia to combine forces in sporting events. I'm sure you wouldn't see those arguments as holding any validity, so why should GB compete in a form based on its history?