wwwwwwwwwhat, have i just read wot i think i have, nnnooooooooo i dont think i did!!!! did i.

So would I. The Grand Final win was a wonderful boost for Wigan and I'm stilol wallowing in the aftermath but a World Cup win would be a great boost for our game and therefore all the clubs.
We only had to wait 12 years for the Superleague win but we have waited 40 years for a series or World Cup win over the Aussies.

I'm a big patriotic kind of guy but I just can't muster any enthusiasm anymore for International RL. I went to the England V Oz game at Robin Park last year but that was more to see the Aussies in the flesh than anything else.

Don't they get government funding. I think that's one of the reasons we have separate teams.

All for Internationals, but they need to get the mix right betwen 4 nations, World Cup and Ashes tours.

Couldn't whack seeing Wigan play the Aussies followed by an Ashes series, and when the Lions go down under heading to CP early morning, to watch the Ashes Tests on TV with a bacon buttie & a few sherberts.

Just imagine how great it would be for RL if we could turn over the Aussies in a 3 test series and bring back the Ashes

Wigan for me everytime.

I'm a Wiganer first and English/British second.

Not saying its necessarily right but its Just the way it is for me.Nothing could have made me prouder than seeing us regain the title a fortnight ago.(except maybe a World Club Championship win to go with it)

Why is there any need to choose between Wigan and England? There isnt. I feel passionate about watching England because im pretty patriotic and love watching people from my country battling with the best from other countries. Imagine England winning the world cup or an ashes series against the Aussies? The boom would be massive because when you turn the aussies over in a series or win a world cup everybody takes notice.

Im patriotic mate and i love beating the Aussies but i get a far greater buzz seeing my hometown win something than i would do seeing England/GB win.
Im the same with football.Im a big Evertonian but im even more passionate about Wigan RL simply because its my hometown and it gives me that extra buzz.
Just how it is with me.Each to their own i guess.

But from where I'm coming from.

Which is better for Rugby League, not which is better for Wigan.

And there is nobody who bleeds Wigan RLFC more than I do.

Can't speak for anyone else, but I was around and supporting Wigan in the fifties - I remember my dad taking me to the 1960 WC final, mainly because Boston & Ashton (amongst others) were playing for GB. Had there been no Wigan players in the side, I suspect we wouldn't have gone - which would have been a pity, if only because of missing all the "biff"!

I wouldnt disagree with you at all and yes i'm probably being naive and selfish but its just the way i feel.
I used to go all the Internationals up until maybe the mid 90's but i grew tired of some of the grief i had to take from some bitter and jealous fans of other clubs(yes a minority but still annoying) just because I had a Wigan shirt on even though we were all supposed to be supporting the same team.
I suppose that may be why i feel like i do.
And i know you bleed Wigan RL !!

Brian Carney? The same Brian Carney who has retired from rugby league?
So you came up with one player out from three whole nations.
The same was said about Argentina and Italy in rugby union and look what's happened to them.