Thanks for asking this question! My dad first took me to watch the Kangaroos in '82 - I've been suffering like you all ever since. I was at Wembley in '90 and again in '92 - I can still see that gap opening up for Renouf. I got my ticket today and am quite giddy. But am trying to keep my feet on the ground - I was there in '05 when Lockyer tore us apart. Ten years ago me and my dad bought a bottle of single malt in Perth only to be opened when GB win the ashes. Ironically I'm now married to an Aussie and have two kids. My dad now has dementia and for the first time won't be going with me. Still I'll be wearing my GB jersey and will have the bottle ready - you never know...

don't get me wrong. I'd prefer England to win than AUS/NZ/CYM, but I just dont have any passion for the international game.

Let's be fair, the profile of the game wont shoot up at all if England win next week, we'll get a 10 second "oh and England RL won the 4 nations" at the end of the BBC Sport News bulletin, and that's it. Maybe a could of articles of same or shorter length in the national rag, same length in local rag...

Anyhoo, if we DO win next week, the RL world, with the exception of England, will all say the same "yea, but they wouldn't have won if Slater was playing".

it wud mean a lot to me if england won coz its bragging rights and also it would be great to shut the aussies up. come on england!

It would be huge for the profile of the game and International RL.
The publicity it would generate is absolutely priceless.

Also personally I love International RL. The highest quality rugby every week seeing the real superstars of our game pitched against each other. I can't get enough! The chance to shut the Aussies up and restore some pride after past years is just unimaginable. It would do so much to raise the profile of Super League too.

Massive game, absolutely massive game. I'll be there - can't wait!

I'll be there, I can't wait. Slater being injured has no bearing on it really.

I think a win for England would make Australia a bit more interested in the international game and that would set up the World Cup nicely.

It would be fantastic to see as its been so long since we won anything, it would definitely increase the profile of the game here which can only be a good thing, maybe get more current fans of the game to take international rugby more seriously and take more pride and follow England rather than the I dont care attitude a fair amount seem to unfortunately show. I will be in the crowd saturday and can't wait for it, plus who wouldn't feel good watching the aussies get beaten.

It would be fantastic if England won but would not mean as much to me personally as winning an Ashes series. The best of three tests v the Aussies is the bigger achievement IMO but I will still be very happy with an England win.

The crowds have been good and I think they would shoot up for the World Cup on the back of some England success.

I am fed up with the club game being seen as the pinnacle of RL sport. The one thing RU can teach us is that a meaningful International competition is what generates the most publicity and money and an England win would go along way to helping us down that particular road.

It would mean an awful lot to me after watching the Aussies beat us test after test in my youth days and them always looking on us as pomme amateurs. If we win they will take notice that the super league and Great Britain as a whole are improving at a very fast rate and therefor we are starting to hold our own against the green n golds and New Zealand which can only be good for rugby league in general.
I would just love to wipe that smarmy attitude they have against us come on England proud to be British

I would absolutely love us to win next week... It would be great for infernational RL and might hopefully make people take it more seriously.

I said before we got knocked out of the play offs that I'd trade a grand final win for us if England could win this four nations. We can blame all sorts of different factors for the international games slow death but let's face it the main one is a lack of genuine success. If we could get that success on Saturday the game in this country will receive such a boost. The international game will hopefully start to rise again and become the pinnacle of the sport bringing in the sort of funds it should do which will help clubs at all levels.

Saturday is far bigger then any grand final or challenge cup final and a win to me would mean everything!

Especially as Union is have PR problems, and a lack of success at the moment... It would be nice to kick em in the nuts

It would mean absolutely everything as an RL fan, and would be a massive boast to RL in this country and to the international game in general (and would also mean I can spend the next year mocking my Aussie misses and my mates). I dont really understand why some are so against the national team, and saying they would rather thier club win then England. Do these people realise that the club season is over now? How can our game ever grow if people have that attitude. As we have seen in other sports a healthy international game can improve the profile of a sport at club level and bring more money in.