I reckon group B will be an epic series of games this year and whilst eyes are on Tonga, Scotland don't look too shabby either.......and I agree, without the heritage sides there's no world cup, but I really don't think that it helps the game in those countries....Fiji are 2 time semi-finalists and yet they've just been knocked back by the NSW cup again.....the Aussies (like the RFL) can't see past their own garden gate sometimes....

I wish all our players at the World Cup good luck. I hope they all come back un injured.
Let us hope Dalton Grant gets a good run out to set him up for next season.

Strewth dog, there is something we agree on!

There is plenty we agree on......I just need to work on my delivery

Showing by London Broncos players so far, only one that really stood out for me is Evans,! Api did very little for Ireland, Rhys Williams solid enough for Wales, kear ok channing worked hard.
As for ex players thought LMS had a pretty good stint.

There is a very good picture of Api in todays Daily Telegraph Sports Section.

All the best players are gravitating to Aus, why wouldn't they?, even England has 7 ozzie based players ! I have no problem with heritage players as long as it used to build in the home country. What the Lebanese have done is incredible considering their domestic situation. Even the USA are building domestically. My problem is with Scotland, who have no domestic league, a pure sham.

Well the lure of players going to aus is nothing new, remember the days when you had that first couple of months of the winter season without your star players because they had spent the summer playing in aus.
No complaints about playing too many games in those days as a lot of players were playing all year

No Barthau for the French.

They played really well last week against Lebanon - it was 18 all with 8 minutes to go. Perhaps the last minute try for Lebanon when William kicked the ball across the field from within his own 20 was his undoing! There's playing catch up and playing catch up. He has been known to have attitude issues that can result in plays like that, but then again perhaps he's just injured.