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| Hes more English than Chase so thats a plus. I do think it is becoming a joke but if he holds an English passport and wants to play for England for the "right reasons" then he should play for us. He is a top quality player and would give us a better of winning the world cup. I would like to see who else is in the list of 40 as I'm sure it would be interesting
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| Aussies v exiles at Sydney stadium will soon be our home game
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| I would like to see AUS NZ and England not pick players who have represented other countries at international level.
This would certainly be the first case I can think of for the england team.
I don't have a problem if you have represented say Australia and then play for Lebanon but not vice versa.
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| He is a points machine in fantasy nrl. Apart from the fact he isn't English he would walk into the England team in the back row alongside Ellis and Burgess but could also be used as a 6 as he played there for the eels a few years ago and drops in there every now and then in games for the warriors. Great pair of hands and loves to offload. Would definitely improve England's attack around the edges which is what England have lacked over the years.
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| Quote: Sporties "I would like to see AUS NZ and England not pick players who have represented other countries at international level..'"
Congratulations, you've just killed any chance of other nations being competitive with the big three at international level.
If you're a young New Zealander with ambitions to represent the Kiwis but who qualifies for Fiji/Samoa/Tonga through parentage and one of those "lesser" nations comes knocking first, are you going to blow your chances of ever representing New Zealand by opting to play for them?
Similarly nobody with aspirations of playing for England is going to opt for Scotland/Wales/Ireland, which they can do at the moment in the knowledge that they can always switch if they get the opportunity and meet the qualifications.
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| good player
whether he should play for england or not is another matter
british passport?? english mother? a good case
other countries do it, and we wont be moaning if we win the world cup!
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| Heighington was singing the Aussie national anthem before the Souths v Wests game! Not very good is it ![Wink icon_wink.gif](images/smilies//icon_wink.gif)
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Its time for a change! We need to get rid of the idiots running the RLIF before they damage the sport beyond repair!
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "Congratulations, you've just killed any chance of other nations being competitive with the big three at international level.
If you're a young New Zealander with ambitions to represent the Kiwis but who qualifies for Fiji/Samoa/Tonga through parentage and one of those "lesser" nations comes knocking first, are you going to blow your chances of ever representing New Zealand by opting to play for them?
Similarly nobody with aspirations of playing for England is going to opt for Scotland/Wales/Ireland, which they can do at the moment in the knowledge that they can always switch if they get the opportunity and meet the qualifications.'"
It is this sort of attitude and way of thinking that holds our sport back internationally more than anything, not improves it. If a player is not willing to commit to a country then they should not be playing for them. Of course, a fairer schedule for all nations is needed to make playing for 'minor' nations more of an attractive alternative. But looking for a quick fix instead of developing national squads over the next decade is why we are in the position we are currently in!
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| oh well we know why macnamara is off to aus now, its not to visit the nrl based english players, its to tap up nrl players to play for england. we need these players to represent the smaller nations like tonga and png, otherwise the international game will never get stronger if the bigger nations continue to cream off the best of their talent
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| I hope McNamara taps up at least 40 players from the NRL who legitimately qualify to play for us under the international eligibility rules. I don't care whether they are caucasian, black, yellow, aussie, kiwi, islander, muslim, mormon, martian, lebanese or got a funny sounding name which anglo saxon morons will never be able to grasp the spelling of correctly. If they qualify, they qualify... get over it. The day when we can field 17 players from the NRL is the day when even I might believe we are capable of beating Australia and actually winning something. Until then, we've no chance.
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| He never learns. ![DOH icon_biggrin.gifOH:](images/smilies//eusa_doh.gif)
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| every time this happens i lose a little bit more interest in international rugby league.
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| One of the best backrowers in the world on his day. Why not?
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| Aussies have been doing it for years.
Lote Tuqiri
Tonie Carrol
Willie Mason
Akuila Uate
Antonio Kafusi
Tony Williams
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| Does Rolf Harris qualify?
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