Quote: Pemps "I think you underestimate professional sportsmen's attitude.'"
I think I know exactly what professional sportsman's attitude is i.e. it's a job. And it takes a lot for it not to be just a job such as really meaningful games such as Internationals v Oz and domestically things like Grand Finals and in Oz the SoO.
These games they want to win. Made up games won't even come on this radar.
We could not even sustain a War of the Roses as the players never bought into the concept to treat it seriously enough. I really can't see selection for the overseas all stars being something overseas players here will strive for.
Quote: Pemps "They said that about State of Origin.'"
You aren't seriously suggesting this could ever be on a par with SoO?
We actually have an agenda in this country to [ireduce[/i the number of overseas players in the league and with recent changes to tax laws, the diminishing value of the pound v Oz dollar and the fact their salary cap allows them to pay more than ours it is going to be very hard to attract quality players over here in future IMO. It's a side we can have only of there are enough decent overseas players around and that is not guaranteed year on year.
Like Millennium Magic the RFL are barking up the wrong tree once more.
Dave
