Every top British player that goes down under further lessons the chances of Britain ever being able to compete with Australia.

Yes for a few brief years it might improve slightly those players that emigrate, however it irreperably weakens the UK competition.

A lower standard uk competition will result in lower grade players and lower gates. Which in term will mean a sport going into decline.

If you doubt this, check out what happened in the late 1960's and ealry 1970's when there was an exodus of UK talent down under. During this period the likes of Tommy Bishop, Cliff Watson, Mal Reilly & Mick Stevenson all swapped continents.
The end result was a collapse in standards within the UK and a decline in fans watching the sport. We havent defeated the aussies since.

Quite right.

I would also question whether the players that go the NRL actually do come back better players.

Some do, some don't, as with anything. Despite only having a brief spell over there Jordan Tansey seems to have come back a different player. Chris Thorman on the other hand is currently at York.

Oh god not another pom possibly coming to Australia.

3 is enough.


Thank god none are joining my club

3?? Think you need a recount son.

Oh god.

There are more than 3?

There is Eliss, Burgess... that bloke who plays for The Storm...Widdles was it or something?

Apologies but I can't think of any more.

Mind you the amount of attention I pay to players from developing nations in the NRL ranks only slightly above my interest in what goes into a box of Tescos frozen microchips

Henderson, Flanagan off the top of my head, there's two more.

Our pack more than matched the Aussies. It's the backs that let us down.

We dont produce good enough backs. Graham will be a awesome player whether he stays in the UK or moves to OZ.

I wish people would stop licking the ring holes of people from down under.

well said! Alot of english players (brough,roby,briers etc) would be classed as legends if they had an oz accent