Quote Wires71="Wires71"
BTW I still remember early 90's getting 65-70K at Wembley for a GB vs AUS test match. Where did we, and when I say 'we' I mean the RFL, go wrong?'"
I just looked up the Wembley attendances for internationals in the 90s:
1990 GB Australia ~ 55,000
1992 GB Australia ~ 74,000
1994 GB Australia ~ 57,000
1995 GB Australia ~ 67,000
Impressive attendances, no doubt, but only the 1992 and 95 ones are over 60,000. In the recent history of the international game, they are starting to look like outliers. The last World Cup final in Australia drew just over 50,000, which the 2013 tournament should match if England can manage to make the final. The annual ANZAC tests rarely get more than 50,000 either.
One could argue that the fact we now have England rather than GB deters people from attending, but that doesn't really stand up - of all the GB players in those 90s tests at Wembley listed above, only Jonathan Davies and Allan Bateman weren't English.
I'd suggest keeping England for World Cup purposes, and resurrecting GB in Four Nations years (down there Aus NZ PNG & GB, and up here Aus NZ GB & France), on the off chance there are any Welsh players who might merit a GB 'Lions' shirt.
