The standard of the Exiles team shows just how poor the level of Antipodean imports is at the moment, and they're only going to get worse.

Scrap this fixture, and give Lancashire v Yorkshire one last try - but as a single game rather than series. In addition, the England side should then play France every year.

As Dropkick says it's about the best trial we could have. Alternatives are Lancs vs Yorks or Possibles vs Probables but none is going to set the pulse racing.

well considering regular matches currently don't, nothing do.

i'm all for knights versus england/possibles probables. Only downside to it, there's zero guarantee that macnamara would drop someone from the full team if he were outplayed by his oppo.

Personally i wanted to see someone get smashed in the first tackle at friday's game, or someone get shoulder charged to fook, to set the tone.

You'd like to think a prop would do that to someone he'd like to displace in the rep team, surely?

The only way to get a truly competitive fixture, in my humble.

West v East would at least create a rivalry for the fans.

Yeah. You know what your talking about.

No, really.

Hardaker 1 - No Nowt Huddersfield Feckwit 0

You're a bit obsessed with this West v East. In sure you throw it out there when the league structure comes up too



Can't see it generating much interst. peope dont identiy themselves as West or East. I've never heard someone use the terms.

If its rivalry your after then you might as well go with Lancashire v Yorkshire.

England possibles v probables stays closer to the current format of giving England some preparation. Like others have mentioned McNamara will have made up his mind anyway. He's not going to drop someone because they were poor for one game.

I'd never watch the game though. Just sounds like a glorified training session.

Going to keep banging my Exiles drum. Give it say five years (one game per year) and drop it if The Exiles are getting beaten easily every year.

The last two games have been crap but the first one at Headingley was great and the one at Langtree not bad. Much better than games against the French.

It's all a bit nonsense though, even my W v E, and there are negatives with them all Lancs v Yorks?
Wire and Widnes are Cheshire, Saints are Merseyside, Wigan and Salford are Gtr Manchester.
Plus it makes us look parochial and London players play for who?
Oh not to mention players like Tomkins, Ben Harrison, Rhys Evans (opted for England)

Ideally i'd like Home nations played through the year mid week stop team hopping and have a GB touring team with the home internationals used as recruiting.

If you think Hardaker is good enough to face the Australians it is you who knows nothing.

rhys hanbury tore him a new last night for that try

Would you put in Hardaker or Ratchford. Zak didn't look that good last night.