Thats why I have posted stuff regarding the NRL on the VT. No one ever visits the NRL forum these days and it's full of trolls.

Sadly any posts that seem to mention NRL get shifted over onto the NRL board now where they will never be commented on again.

But hey ho. I'm not criticising any process.

Ridiculous - internationals are mega money makers for the sport if done properly.

Yes. But to be done properly, they need to be competitive. And quite frankly, England is not a competitive nation in terms of international RL. We're a far back 3rd placed team and slipping backwards.

And IMO this is because of the geniuses who say "the reason England aren't competitive is because there's too many foreign players in SL" and so the RFL goes "right, limits on the numbers of foreign players". But what that means is that SL clubs have to fill the spare places in their teams with journeymen and guys who really don't have the talent to play beyond the Championship just in order to have enough players to compete.

Aus/NZ have the better coaches, better players and better systems for player development than we have in this country. So why would you want to limit that influence? To have a stronger England team you need a stronger SL. It's no good saying "oh but English players don't get a look in because of these overseas players coming here" because that's the insanity of affirmative action that the Americans have in employment which means that you have to employ x number of a minority over more suitable or capable people. The best players will always shine through regardless of who's already in the team. And the fact that opportunities are limited to only the best will force home grown players to up their game in order to force their way into the team and therefore will mean that the players selected for England will be of a higher standard.

What percentage of income does a FIFA world cup tournament make in terms of profit? Obviously FIFA world cups are not being done properly.

Sorry, thought we were talking about RL.

Does it not even occur to you that when people cite the value of international competition, they are talking about developing our game and its profile outside of its strongholds? You really are the definition of small minded

I do find it amusing that the three people on here complaining about trolls on the NRL forum are the three people that regularly troll this forum?

A world cup will do little to be honest to developing RL around the world

getting nations which can regularly compete with australia is difficult

the only real way is guess what - introducing clubs from new nations into SL or the NRL or taking their juniors

so say a 2nd NZ side, PNG and a Pacific islands team in the nrl

more french teams, scotland and ireland in SL.

this will develop int. RL.

I stopped reading after this line...

But if they're good enough and they play in the NRL, Australia will simply take them on their team as they'll qualify as residents.

Dunbar how have the last two world cups helped develop RL around the world?
Including NZ Warriors in the NRL arguably had a bigger impact.

Did people not read about TV aerials selling out in Fiji as their team got through to the semis of the last world cup? Streets in Suva closing so they could watch the games on big screens?

Do you think that would happen for the NRL grand final?

International RL is key to developing the sport and also to the finances of the sport outside of Australia.