www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... gland.html What a kick in the teeth to some other lads more deserving of an England call-up. I'm not a fan of this switching allegiance. I think once a player has opted to play for or has been capped for one country they should stick to playing for that country.

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... gland.html What a kick in the teeth to some other lads more deserving of an England call-up. I'm not a fan of this switching allegiance. I think once a player has opted to play for or has been capped for one country they should stick to playing for that country.

I agree entirely, the IRFL need to set down some rules in stone, it seems players can just pick and choose who they want to play for and when, particularly at world cup time.

Absolute joke. How long until we see Burgess and Ellis turning out for the Ockers?

Absolutley ridiculous that these things are allowed, you should only be able to play for 1 country full stop!

Can't imagine these sort of things being accepted in most other sports!

Its a joke, as is the quota system

come on now its the rfl do we expect anything else

Like i've said on many many occasions. When you sign a pro RL contract, you declare which nation you are eligable for. Once you have declared this, you ALWAYS have to wear the flag of that country on your club shirt over your name.

I wouldnt mind if Manu was actually better than what we have but there are 20 other second row forwards better than him at least!

ENGLAND RU & CRICKET TEAMS ARE WORSE, but Willie Manu..................

if this is the first big decision of our new england coach we are doomed.

absolute disgrace, especially given the quality of some of our young second rowers.

One reason why Im falling out of love of our great game - our administrators should hang their heads in shame.

I've learned to just let these sorts of things go over my head and just enjoy 26 lads going head-to-head on a Sunday afternoon; despite all the Super League malarky, I've actually found these past two seasons to be two of the most enjoyable in my 18 years of watching Leyth.

What's the IRFL?
If only there had been so much interest in the welfare of international rugby league in Leyth back in June.

Don't think the crowd (which I didn't think was too shabby at all, as it happens) can be blamed on any lack of Leythers being there.