This is such a pointless thing to get uptight about. I reckon we could name hundreds and hundreds of players that represent countries they wern't born in.

The only issue is when players represent a nation and then change their minds to one of the 'big three.'

Uate, Mason, Hayne, Brough, Harrison, McIlorum etc. I just think if the international committee could get everyone's heads together and encourage players to stick with the smaller nations it would be better in years to come for International RL.

Nothing to see here ladies and gentlemen. This is a non-issue IMO. Poeple need to get over it. Rangi Chase is here to stay so we better start getting used to it.

To be honest I do not care were he comes from if he was Chinese I would not care has long has he is a good player, but in my opinion he is not good enough to play for England he goes missing to much

I'm completely struggling to see what your point is?

Chase has a New Zealand accent, so he's from New Zealand.
Widdop has an English accent, so he's English.
Reed has an Australian accent, but that doesn't matter.

What point are you trying to make about accents?

Either way, it isn't Rangi who makes the rules, they were in place long before he joined Cas. Sam Burgess has expressed his desire to play Origin & why wouldn't he wanna play?

But fair play to you for pointing out he was Man of the Match last night, another man of the match accolade for the England International and Man of steel 2011.

Rangi Chase has an English family(wife and kid), is an English citizen and has lived in England for years. His own cousin tried to break his angle for being a traitor, supposedly.

Jack Reed is some guy who was raised in Australia and is Australian for all intents and purposes. To say he's more English than Rangi is puzzling, who lives here and has an English child? Not Reed.

Your views belong in the 1800s tbh. Wonder if you'd be so supportive of Reed if he was an ethnic Ugandan born in England and moved to Australia

Someone else brought Reed into it. He shouldn't play for England either.

Not sure what you mean with your last sentence...are you calling me a racist?

Fed up of hearing about this, all part of the RL insecurity complex. Get over it!

I find the whole nonsense debate more embarrassing than him wearing an England jersey ever was/is. No other sport naval gazes as much as we do, which is probably why they can concentrate on getting the important details right.

Why shouldn't he?

Eh? English people shouldn't play for England?

Flat cap alert

He shouldn't play because he is not good enough. Not that he is not a good player, just that surely we have better.