Absolutely, Great Britain is the name, the shirt is the shirt, like it or lump it..... if you wanna be a part of it (whether English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Pakistani, Indian etc etc), then be a part of it. If you don't like that not every country is represented by a colour or in name, be a part of something else, but we are Great Britian RL.

How many Scottish, Irish or welsh born players do we think will make the squad?

Regards

King James

we won't know until Wales, Scotland and Ireland announce their RLWC 2021 Squads

Even if all 17 were born in England, does it matter? England is still part of the UK/GB, no matter how you look at it.

Even if all 17 were born in NSW, all 17 if good enough would be selected for Australia.....

I’d be getting onto Tyson Frizzell if I were the coaches because he doesn’t have an ounce of Aussie blood in him but plays for them. Will Regan Grace cement himself as one of the best wingers in SL by then?

They’d be my two for now. Let’s hope in fifteen years time we’re talking about five or six.

who is the french knight you talk off, was he around before or after King William Duke of Normandy a viking, Northman, Dane, (Normandy means Northmans land) they spoke a hybrid Norman/french dialect. the Norman conquest was both the end of and culmination of the Viking age.

This shouldn't even be a debate. Irish are not British. The team should be called British & Irish Lions.

There should be no national anthem either. Whether there is an Irish player or not would be absurd to have a team which claims to represent Ireland yet has an anthem singing about protecting the English Queen.

The union Lions don’t have a national anthem so I see no issue with us not having one either if it’s an issue, is it an issue? GB have played umpteen times in the past with Scots, Welsh, English and Irish in the team. As far as I know in over 100 years no player has taken issue with the anthem (don’t sing it if you don’t want) or the colour of the shirt (unless it was that awful 90s away kit that was like an explosion in a paint factory). If they don’t want to play for Great Britain then that’s up to them. If players demand that the anthem is dropped then we just follow the union precedent.

The arguments over the colour of the jersey are a bit OTT. The union Lions play in an all red shirt yet I see nobody protesting that it’s Wales-centric.

This is my hope too. Only time will tell though

Regards

King James

That's not a great example really. The RU Lions have red shirts for Wales, white shorts for England, navy blue socks for Scotland, with green trim for Ireland. People understand that you have to have some colours that are more prominent than others - unless you want a stripey monstrosity of a kit - but at least the RU Lions have made a deliberate attempt to represent everyone.

Are you sure that's right?

I'm surprised if that way of splitting the kit was agreed by the home nations.

Who told the Irish "Right lads you get to have a bit of green trim on the top of the socks!"??

Get rid of the Irish tag for me, it was only ever made that way so we could play Carney. It’s not like Ireland can/will offer much anyway..... tinpot sporting nation that has never achieved anything of note.

Nothing like Rugby League fans to be close minded.

Agree with what I think or your closed minded. Welcome to modern day GB.

Is that the official answer you'd give if asked by the press when the shirt is unveiled?