Hanley, Schofield, Kevin Ward, Lee Crooks, Shaun Edwards, Steve Hampson, Chris Bibb, Deryck Fox, Lee Jackson, Kelvin Skerrett, plus Paul Newlove and Gary Conolly (talking of centres) all great players not one an RU import. (I could name more)
What do these players have in common apart from being great players? They all had spells in Australia.
That is the way forward. Plus competitive games. There are too many easy games. Because we don't have P&R. Bring it back, it'll settle down again and the lower clubs will bridge the gap in class.
WE lost the series to Australia in 1990 on the back of one bad ref's decsion at Old Trafford. If that decision (obstruction on Gibson) had gone our way we'd have won the game and the series - that's how clsoe we were. Close in 1992, inj Oz and in the World Cup final same year. Same in 1995.

The answer is simple


Make Garry Scholfield the RL Supremo

so we never had easy games and blowouts when we last had relegation. Who you kidding?

Even in a 10 team league we still gonna get blowouts as we don't have 10 strong teams.

Honestly some people are living in a dream world. Going on like P&R is gonna solve all the problems.

i'd love to get rid of the poor teams in SL which just makes so many games a dire spectacle and with a rise in high intensity games we'd hopefully see an improvement in the national team. Get rid of your wakefields, hull kr (who are one of the worst for bringing over average aussies), london, widnes and stick em into the second division with clubs their own size who they can compete with using their academies

New to rl?

As shocking as this may be it is still the best idea by far

No, no its not.

We can't have Schofield as RL supremo because it's more important that we appoint him to the England coaching job.

New to sarcasm ?

Didn't say the whole team was made up of Union imports but it was supplemented by imports, especially in the backline.

1. Alan Tait
2. Martin Offiah
3. Scott Gibbs
4. John Deveraux
5.
6. Joanthin Davies
7. David Bishop

Not a bad International top up from that era!

Oh you pessimistic pommies..
All you need is 13 men on the day who think they can win.

If sport was only statistics then India would have been the dominant cricketing nation for the last few decades.

The way you run down your own players (and the game itself) simply because of your chip-on-shoulder attitude is frankly unbelievable

Easy for you to say, try watching 30 years of dissapointment!

He's got a point though

Just who do you think you are? get rid of poor teams, thats four teams you have named one of wich has finished in the top 8 for the last three seasons, who do you sugest replaces them or if it is ten teams? do you dump another couple of sides when they finish at the bottom or have a poor season.
Have you considered that the game you seem to think is dire is brought about by the rules that we now play to? I happen to like the game but how can reducing the number of sides improve the sport or do you just care about your own entertainment? Also where do you think the suporters of those sides go? I doubt we would follow an other side or rush to pay for SKY once our sides are gone. The reason England/GB are years behind the NRL is down to one thing only & that is that the people down under support & pay for League in the UK we are a minority sport that the vast majority know little about & those that do follow can not be bothered to turn up in anything like the numbers that are required to attract sponsors cash or meaningfull TV exposure.

Thing is though would he want the job? As talented as he was he tends to keep himself to himself and doesn't have many opinions on the modern game.