give me england v the Other nationalities anyday...


lancashire & yorkshire does'nt work..never did..never has...never will

rlCould Tonga and Samoa take the lead and show us the way?rl

I'm not sure if its viable given the apparent rivalry between Tonga nd Samoa, but a combined South Sea "Lions" team would be a fearsome apponent for any team.

Regarding the origin vs international selection policies, I'm pretty sure adrian lam played queensland and PNG. I don't see why they couldn't let it happen again.

Isn't the eligibility rule based on where you first played rugby after turning 16? Maybe I'm way off with that, but I'm sure I read it somewhere.
I think it would benefit everyone (except maybe Australia, therefore it will never happen) if players could represent 'their' state and then represent their nation.

I think 2012 is blank in the International Calender to prepare for the 2013 World Cup so there would be a space then. This might defeat the object of a break before the World Cup though.

potential 2011 Other nationalities team

1. brent webb
2. chris hicks
3. matt king
4. sia soliola
5. amos roberts
6. brett finch
7. thomas leuluai
8. jeff lima
9. danny buderus
10.mark o'meley
11.harrison hansen
12. tony puletua
13. craig fitzgibbon

14. michael monaghan
15. ben cross
16. david fa'alogo
17. josh perry

not a bad side that.......heaps more demanding than any test v's the french

ENGLAND V NZ in a 3 test series in 2012.....they're in the middle of trying to figure out if it's up here or down there...aside from that it's almost signed,sealed and delivered

How about we get some Aussie base SL players playing for England?That should make things interesting.


They should make a rule that any Australian player playing in SL for over 2 years could represent England.

Cheers for the info, didn't realise that was happening.

Trouble is it would end up as Australia v Australia

In principle I like the idea. The only issue I'd foresee is what motivation the players in this team would have, given that they wouldn't really be representing anyone or anything, and would have been assembled basically as a novelty.

Mind you, it works in RU. If we could get the games to be played with some intensity (which we've never managed with Lancs v Yorks) then the fans would take to it.

It worked with the cricket.

But thats like Australia v South Africa 'B'

If that's the case then.What do you call this sunday's game against England?

the motivation is to play rep RL again.....all aussies know that by coming to super league they are'nt going to get picked for australia or origin again...the kiwis don't pick any SL kiwis for the anzac test...and any samoans/tongans/fijians etc would just be greatful for a meaningful test match...


and if all that does'nt motivate them...bloody pay em'...give em' a win bonus or something