It is a misguided whim, because what you want international sport to be does not match the reality.

Did I miss the 24 pages of outrage last year when Willie Manu was called into the England train-on squad for the 2010 four nations? Perhaps my memory is slipping ...

And to reiterate the point Gilder made – we don't have to worry about where we draw the line, it's already been drawn. And it's clear.

This post is pure alarmism. We have too many good players, born in England, to end up with a squad half full of foreign born players. We just lack strength in depth in certain areas.

How would Scotland, Ireland and Wales do, without the ability to recruit non-nationals?

We'd barely have an international scene at all if we followed the ridiculous puritan obsession of some on here.

You're missing the point.

But that's the reality of it, you're right we barely have an international scene!

And you'd like to make it even weaker?

So glad I couldn't give a toss either way on this one

Nowt do wi me

Nobody gives a sh*t about RL in Scotland anyway, why pretend they've got a team?

But, I'm not ignoring it, I'm pointing out that there are far more factors that will effect the make up of the squad. Yes, the England coach has the ability to pick an all ANZAC squad if he wanted, that does make it is possible, but that doesn't mean it is ever likely to happen.

England isn't Ireland or Scotland or one of the other minnow nations who rely largely on English players. We have a lot of very good talent in this country already and we can build a good squad with this talent. We also have a large and very fickle paying support, which needs to be appeased.

The coach's main role is to pick the strongest side available to him, which he is doing. It is also his role to introduce the best possible competition for places in the squad and starting 17, which he is doing. And, it is role to demostrate some diplomacy in how he picks the squad, which he is doing because he hasn't gone for a full ANZAC squad.

The line you talk of is drawn by the coach, his team and in consultation with the RFL to strike the right balance of a range of factors that include their roles to produce a competitive and strong squad, putting together a squad that people want to watch etc.

And IMO he's close to stepping over that line trying to tap up NRL players (and Rangi Chase to a lesser extent). I think the fact that so many people have a similar opinion proves the point.

Anyway, we'll probably have to agree to disagree on this one!

Ah well, let's not bother then. Let's just keep our game rooted entirely within the north of England. Sod international RL, and the money that can come from TV companies for it, so that some deluded fans can see their puritanical fantasy, of what international sport is meant to be, intact.

My view is that that we must make an effort and we have to start somewhere. I guess that is just far too unreasonable for some people to accept.