France have more of a chance against Lancs and Yorks or West/East England, because you are splitting up the main talent pool in this country yet still both those clubs are better than France.
A Barbarians side would be at the same level as a L/Y or W/E ENG team.

As a spectacle
A four team tournament that would be competitive
a) West England
b) East England
c) Barbarians(Antipodeans)
d) Rest of Europe

Well Australia and NZ played one another in the Southern Hemisphere before having to fly 12,000 miles to play in cold wet windy England to play against GB... on their home turf.

If anyone has got anything to complain about it should be Aus or NZ really.

Alll these people bleeting about playing
France, get a grip, they need to play internationals
to help raise the profile of the game in France.

So they were beaten, but belive it or not, it's not
like England can beat Australia in any meanful game is it

should we just scrap internationals altogether because
some nations are stronger than others

can someone just remind these people, previous to nz
which was the last country to beat Australia in a series

I don't begrudge playing France. What concerns me is that the sole annual tonking doesn't help France get closer to us and doesn't help us get closer to the Aussies. Like I said, I think we need a little bit more imagination with the international fixtures.

which is why england should play the "Other nationalities" and france play england 'A'...that way everyone gets a good,solid hit out..england get a more intense fixture and france get more of a chance of winning..or at least it being a competitive game...


its not bloody rocket science is it?

I still think you should only play tests against teams no higher or lower than two places above or below you in the World Rankings. This way there is a motiv to play, to progress through the rankings and 'test' (remember that word!) against the best. Ok, France would play England and probably lose, but then they would play teams ranked lower and compete and improve.

Cant wait for that all important Tokelau v Ukraine match

That Vasilly Kovaramoprovovitchka is sheer quality

The rankings are such a waste of time, I cant see how Malta are better than Nieu even if they do have Mario Fenech's half sister playing five eighth

maybe thats cos you have'nt a clue what you're going on about??

No, please check my previous posts about what fixtures I think should take place regarding France. I also think the FRL should be trying to get fixtures against the likes of Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and PNG.

To repeat myself, I don't think you've any hope of getting an "Other Nationalities" team in this professional era.

a team of super league aussies,kiwis & islanders will play england next season...mark my words

Like i said this is the only thing i can see that is COMPETITIVE

a) West England
b) East England
c) Barbarians(Antipodeans)
d) Rest of Europe

Nothing else even comes close except England v New Zealand

well you need to open your eyes then cos what you've put there is a load of nonsense...

Just like the pointless drubbing of France

"but we need this game to see how far France have come"

The international game is a joke and it doesn't matter what you do it will always be a joke, i guarantee that in 30 years time nothing will have changed.

Flogging a dead horse.

and having a west of england team,east of england team,barbarians (union concept not ours) and a rest of europe team...will solve all our international woes...will it?