So who in the Wales/Scotland/Ireland squads would get in a combined GB team then?
I'm not disagreeing re GB instead of individual home nations but I can't see it making a huge difference at the moment. We just don't have enough players full stop to compete with Australia never mind enough quality players.

Well Danny Brough seems to have a United Nations onmi passport so there's maybe one, think the Welsh have a few decent younger players and haven't Saints just taken on two good Irish lads?.

Despite not being the biggest fan of the place all the talk of expansion seems to forgo Ireland, think playing the Aussies as a GB team over in Dublin would be a winner and would potentially generate a huge crowd and would help gauge if there is the market for an SL team, seems that there isn't a football team in Dublin so pretty sure a franchise would be well greated and even more sure that between the Gaelic sports and RU there would be very talented natural rugby league athletes and knowing RL fans they would drink Dublin dry every other weekend so it's win win for the City and the people in it.

There are loads of football clubs based in Dublin - Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians, St Patricks Athletic and UCD all of whom are currently in the premier league of the League of Ireland. Plus Shelbourne who are in the 1st Division.
And Dublin is a ludicrously expensive city too. I could understand them trying out a Millennium-style weekend over there but can't see a franchise over there in my lifetime. It's not taken off in Wales who have more of a history of RL so why would it take off in Ireland?

As stated before there is also Strauss and Prior, that means over half of the England lineup were not born in England.

In previous years Mascheranas and Geraint Jones.

Now it is spilling into Rugby with Rangi Chase, how long will it be until the England National football teams get players in soley due to residancy, Drogba and Torres now qualify

As it stands, not many.

Although, from a 'growing the game' perspective, alienating two Nations of prospective supporters can't be a good thing. No sane Welshman or Scot would ever support an England team. RL always felt right as GB to me. Although I'd support England, just like most other sports with an English National Side, it feels like we are doomed to failure before we start just because we have the England title.

Bring back GB. It was fine the way it was. The game is not strong enough outside of England to produce competitive sides (You could argue that England could be included here) By all means, in 50 years time when RL is the National Sport of the UK and we have the strength in depth to offer proper International RL Let's split the Nations up. Of course this wont happen, but for the moment, imo, we should go back to GB.

I don't know where people get that from? I've been and its no more expensive than Manchester!

Tulsen Tollet is English.

Tulsen Tollet was born in Sussex and lived there til he was six.

I don't have an objection to players playing for a country other than the place of birth/raised etc. You could argue Martin Gleeson shouldn't have played for GB.

What should happen is once you select a country at senior level you shouldn't pick and choose any team that will allow you to play.

This should be international rules and ensure the Aussies aren't full of Islanders.

Akuila Ua'te, who else?

only if you get others to buy your drinks.

last time i was there about 5 years ago a slab of guinness (24 cans) was 55 euros, thats a lot more than Manchester

Urrmmm in the interests of fairness to the RU guys:

Simon Shaw moved to England from Kenya aged 16, Started playing Rugby when he moved here, and represented England at all ages group levels. The man may have been born in Kenya, but to an English family.

Matt Stevens has English Parents

Dylan Hartley has an English Mother

Joe Simpson was born In Aus, to an English Father.

Manu Tulilagi had played ALL his rugby in England, as he moved here at a early age, and chose to represent England (where he grew up).

They have all played their entire careers to date in England, so why do they deserve more vitriol than any of the Cricketers?

Hape, Paul, and Vainikolo well, thats a different case. Shouldn't have been allowed.