You do realise the nation of "17 million" has more then double the amount of persons playing the game. They also have a School system that places the playing of Rugby League significantly higher then we do. I suppose you could also add they have a climate that allows them to enjoy outdoor sports year round where as our fields are usually covered in rain, mud, snow and ice for much of the year which is less conducive to promoting field sport.

I think we do OK considering, but still dissapointing, innit?

Do you mean like Meli, Hohia, Lafranchi, Soliola, Flannery, Perry and Puletua (all good YOUNG English players)

How about sh@gging?

That must be more of a sport than fishing.

certainly more of a sport than darts, that is for sure!

actually, strike that, darts isn't a sport in any way, shape or form!

Comment of the night for me was as the final hooter went, the bloke in front shouted "Yeah, but you're still crap at cricket"

Hi. My first time on here. Went to watch my user name at the Boulevard so have been around for a fair while and look forward to contributing on your forum.When I came to Austalia in 1968 the population was 12 million and today it is almost double that ( close to 23 million). It was 17million in 1990.