The interest in international RL is low - look at the attendances - until England can produce a side that can beat the Aussies on a regular basis it will ever thus. The game needs to concentrate on its core differential the club game. Attract more players at junior level and employ less overseas players. Leeds have just signed two overseas half backs - every side in SL has at least one overseas half.

I can fully understand why the Aussies have no interest in international rugby - it has no impact on the success of the NRL, they don't international competition to thrive. They need to concentrate on developing talent in Australia - there are more kids playing RL in Penrith alone than the whole of GB. The quality/development of the NRL is quite rightly what the Aussies need to focus on.

And that will increase interest as well

The Aussie won't turn up next year either and neither will the Kiwis as the Kiwis do what the Aussies tell them to do.

Well, history has shown that the Aussies have turned up overseas 31 times over the past 10 years, but UK teams have turned up 20 times.

Of course in 2000 NZ didn't turn up.

The only thing between NZ RL and extinction is a shed load of volunteers and the NRL.........same sort of thing with English Rugby League....SKY tell them to jump and they ask "how high"