Quote: RagingBull "What utter garbage.
3 games in NZ and 1 in PNG what on earth has it got to do with Ozzies and why would they buy more tickets than NZ, Tongan and PNG fans.
Yet another poster making things up to push their own agenda.
This forum is getting worse for people talking rubbish'"
Unless you are going to go down the route of full central contracts and/or shorten the regular season both here and down under, how many games would you like the players to play.
You would have to expect that a good number of the GB side would come from the sides competing in the play offs so, having played maybe 30 games for their club, you want them to play what, another 8 or 10 games ??? just so it can be a "full tour".
When you really boil this down, it's just England playing NZ again, all wrapped up in different paper, with a bow on it.
The only way to have any kind of full tour would be to stage it mid season and have say, a maximum of 3 players from any one domestic side and then pack them off down under for 5/6 weeks and play the mid week club games and tests weekend.
However, this would massively impact on the domestic season both here and down under and right now, I just dont think there is an appetite for it over there.
Most of the UK fans would love the chance to see our club sides take on a touring side bur, I think that boat may well have sailed.
