instead of 2 games against the exiles (wholesale england changes rendered it a very hard sell) i'd like to see this

England v England knights.........then England v Exiles





and drop the "international origin" name for christ sake

'International All Stars' please

England v Knights?

Awful idea.

If we lose to England Knights can we finally sack McNamara?

only bright point of that match last night was ratchford he had an outstanding game pity he shares a position with tomkins! but ratch's favoured position is scrum half but i think he is better at fb

How about a real international and real challenge.

Tour New Zealand!! Wait a minute, that was offered but England turned it down.

errr isn't it the world cup next year................................nice to see people have noticed

I think he means mid season internationals.

i do..sorry

Just don't bother and give the selected England squad an extra week together at the end of the season. No point giving them a match in June when the WC squad will be completely different.

I think this would be a far better option than wasting everyone's time by playing a meaningless game against another made up side.

McBanana has apparently said he is going to push for another 2 Exiles games next seasons, which is ludicrous IMO.

Yorkshire vs lancashire - 3 game series throughout season at neutral grounds.
England vs exiles at end of season for one game.
England and england knights then go on tours to places like new zealand and australia

I'd have one England vs Exiles game and go to France for a game as well. It's all well and good wanting us to have a real test via the Exiles match but we also need to keep trying to grow the game on this side of the world and the French are our best hope. They're developing some decent players, there's a good fan base and a trip to France would be a good bonding exercise for a young-ish side ahead of the world cup.