All of the replies seem to overlook that the Scottish, Irish and Welsh internationals have had a chance to play test matches and surely this is a motivator to up and coming players from those countries. Who probably would not have a realistic chance of making any GB team. I attended about a dozen games at the last world cup and believe me the so called lesser nations produced the better games to watch. Also the players selected for those countries gave everything they possibly could.
What we currently have isn't perfect but it is better overall for the game than a GB team.

I'd rather it remained as individual countries as it means that more players get the chance to earn international caps.

That said, to answer some of the confusion surrounding countries;

The British Isles are made up of two island countries - Great Britain and Ireland

The island of Great Britain is a country which is made of three countries - England, Scotland, and Wales

Ireland is made up of two countries - Ireland and Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom is another country which is made up of two countries; Great Britain (a country), and Northern Ireland (a country in the island country of Ireland)

Britain is a country made from the union of England and Wales

Did'nt the RFL have to drop the GB title to get Sport England Funding?

They did, later that money was stopped and we remained as England removing any pride in our international game. Absolute master stroke by the Union mob to ruin our game (goes away and puts tin foil hat on).

I'm not being [ithat[/i daft

England isn't [ireally[/i a country (although it was before 1707). The country we live in is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "Great Britain" is in that name and "England" isn't. And my nationality [iis[/i British, not English.

The GB brand should be brought back for tours and ashes and should be the pinnacle. The home nations should sit underneath that and play international tests, against each other, the Pacific nations, mid-season internationals etc...
That way, rugby League regains one of its most iconic brands in the form of GB, but still allows individual countries to be represented and hopefully grow the international calendar. Players can still represent based on 'heritage' until the day comes when hopefully we don't have to rely so heavily on them.
So, whilst we might currently have a GB team that is made up of predominantly English players, there is a pathway. What I would do is make 'heritage' players ineligible for GB - which may be contradictory with my view on the national sides, but I don't think GB needs Australians with British heritage as much as say Scotland do. The GB brand and team would be strong enough to compete as is.

spot on

With the 'two tier' idea, which seems to work, if a player like Tyson Frizzell plays for Wales, does he qualify for GB? Or can he play for Australia?
There are a lot more Australian born players that could qualify for GB, problem is they only seem to want to play for Wales/Scotland/Ireland in World Cups. Heres a list of high quality players that could qualify for GB through the celtic nations.

Lachlan Coote (Scotland) Matty Russell (Scotland) Kane Linnett (Scotland) Euan Aitken (Scotland)
Peter Wallace (Scotland) (to be fair he was injured) Danny Brough (Scotland) Ben Flower (Wales) Rory Kostjasyn (Ireland) Luke Douglas (Scotland) Tyson Frizzell (Wales)
Adam Walker (Scotland) Rhys Evans (Wales)

The GB team would be exactly the same as the England team, but wearing different shirts and playing under a different name. Why some people think this would be good for the game is beyond me. It would be as much benefit as it was to London changing back to the Broncos and Salford becoming the Red Devils, pointless. Stick with England, the general public are more passionate about and used to following England in other sports.

The older generation remember when Great Britain was the best at everything and we ruled the Commonwealth and half of the planet.
Sadly, those days are long gone and apart from the emotional value attached to the "Lions" brand, we shouldn't go back.
Having said that a "Lions series" against the Aussies would sell, no mistake AND the BBC like stuff like that so, it would get decent exposure.

More like good riddance. Your horrible emipre collapsed after WW2..

And the best at everything.. please! That older generation have a warped version of history.