Well said.
My greatest ever day as an RL fan was being in Melbourne when we beat the Aussies in 1992, and were so close to winning that series. IF and its a big IF we can win on Saturday then
1) It will get us some well earned publicity and recognition.
2) It should also give us some belief in the the future of the International game.

It would be one off the bucket list for me, as i have yet to see the national team win a comptition !

well said Nicky, I am in agreement with all that! Come in England!!!

Well I backed England @ 5/1 to win when Wales were ahead last night, so I would enjoy it if that came in.

Beating the Aussies in any sport is always great.

Be great for OUR game

My thoughts exactly, an Ashes series win would be preferable, also as Great Britain not England, but any victory over Australia would be very welcome.

It would be quite nice to be able to say to all those players who left Rugby League because they'd 'won everything there was to win' - "Here's something you didn't win, and now never will."



Slightly more seriously, I think the spin-off for the British game would be immense. We can talk excitedly among ourselves about how well-balanced SL is and how it's great to watch competitive domestic matches, but out in the real world we are increasingly seen as a feeder sport for RU. Plus, I don't think it helps our status that our 'big brother - i.e. the Aussie game - doesn't give two hoots about us. Now they've got Origin, international RL could disappear tomorrow and they wouldn't care.

To win a major international tournament would turn all this around somewhat, certainly in terms of publicity. Okay, the Aussies would make their usual pile of churlish excuses, but they would be stung and may feel sufficiently challenged to help make the World Cup into a major event.

In short it could be just the boost we need, at just the right time.

Great post. A full house and an England win would do wonders for the game in this country, especially with all the negative publicity hitting RU at the moment.

If We win against Australia I would feel happier than I did winning A grand final and I mean that ,not just because I am an Aussie hater[only on the sporting field,but I really do think our game is in need of this.All our games have been infinately better than the ru wc .It would do us the world of good,but this time its not enough to lose and play very well,we must win.I and I think some of you will have been on one or two aussie forums and pages last few weeks,and after our last game against them I read one comment "the poms played well ,but not good enough" "we taught the poms the game"etc Yes I am an Aussie hater come on England ,they think the greates game was born in 1908

For me if we make a good account of ourselves next weekend ill be happy. Then the key is to build on what we have achieved going forward.

Imagine Ellis, Burgess, O'Loughlin, Mossop added to that team with Widdop and Reed having another full season of NRL rugby under their belts - the future appears to be much brighter than I first thought.

here here we have got the makings of a good team,but we have had enough of gallant losers been there before.If we are in front in the last 12 minutes thats when they are at their most dangerous

Nothing.
International RL is rubbish.

An England Four Nations win, for me, be worth more than winning the grand final for the next ten years.

As the OP says, I've seen Wigan do it all, but I've never seen my country win anything other than the odd test match. It's about time we won a final, and what a boost it would provide for the World Cup campaign. Not only to finally get this hoodoo off our backs, but also to give us confidence that we could back it up with another tournament win.