Quote: Magic Superbeetle "Origin has prestige with the players, putting 50 past a half baked France side doesn’t.
Saints culture is oft cited as one of the main reasons why we haven’t been completely gutted by the NRL (yet), and the double edge sword of having Saints players buy into that culture is this; them pulling out of games they see as contrary to their aim. Make the fixture more important and you wouldn’t see Saints players pull out.
All that being said, on form only Lees deserves to even be in the conversation, and he’s probably one most at risk of sitting it out anyway.'"
Playing for your country should carry prestige regardless of who you're playing.
I'm not having a go at Saints solely here BTW as I say it's gone on for years.