Gotta disagree there.
Mitchell, Trebojovic and Tedesco are all pure class and that's just fullbacks covered. Cleary is brilliant, but if he isn't feeling it , they can have DCE and Reynolds as replacement, Munster as you have said is pure class as is Matt Burton and Cody Walker, Jerome Luaiai (spelling), their hookers could be any of Grant, Cook or even Ben Young . wingers Ado Carr, Cobbo, Tupou (if he chooses them over Tonga, or any number of options, . Then there is the rest their pack, at least, 5 picks in every position better than the best we have. If they turn up wanting to win, we do well to keep them below 60 in my opinion.

We see our management talking players such as Ryan Hall, who didn't score during his time with the Roosters, Sam Tomlins and Johnny Lomax and, as good as they are/have been in SL, they'd struggle to get in any of the 2nd tier nations' squad. I hope I am wrong , but I don't even have us a 3rd favourite, given the names Tonga and even Samoa can call on, never mind NZ and the Aussies.

I'd go as far as to say this World cup could be the final nail in the coffin for Northern Hemisphere International RL.

After being cared for by the Wigan medical team, and his treatment included ear whispering, Big Chris was seen running home to Hull, with a cherry & white contract in his pocket,

I'd say there is more depth in the NRL than a few years ago, maybe not the stars like Slater etc, but the standard on the club sides is very high. They could easily put out 4 sides that would beat GB.

Tedesco is the best full back out of them 3 and is a great player but better than slater ? No chance

Cherry Evans couldn't even get in as water boy when Thurston and cronk played

Again hooker none are better than Cameron smith your clutching at straws big time with these suggestions

Tonga again are weaker than 2017 no jennings, fifita past it

Samoa will be good and should do better than 2017 as they was awful at last world cup

Fiji will be better than both Tonga and Samoa

They beat us 6-0 at last world cup

Sydney only beat saints by 10 points in 2020 world club challenge

The salary cap difference nrl clubs should win every world club challenge by 70/80 points

They don't take it seriously, usually played here and as a pre season game.

So why do they send full strength team, arrive nearly a week before and celebrate like they've won gold .....?

If they genuinely didn't care they would send a load of fringe/academy players across but no one ever has !

The pre season nonsense ours are only 2 weeks in hardly running at full tilt by then

We hear it every week the "weakest team in nrl would best Saints or Wigan by 50" but when their best only win by 10 all the excuses come out in their droves

They take it that seriously that Penrith couldn't be d to play Saints this season

100% he won't reply to this, they don't take it that seriously.

Look at the best players in SL, French, Field, they were fringe players at best before they came.

The best prop in SL goes to the NRL and fails to make a impact. There are exceptions to the rules, but if you name the best English players in any position, there will be 10 plus NRL players better than them.

Looking at those metre stats our lads must have been playing Rugby Union.

Bateman was one of their best players

Even George Williams did well at Canberra

But go on then 10 hookers better than Roby

Then 10 props better than walmsley

Then 10 wingers better than makinson

You sure you wanna play this game

They also thought couldn't be d with last years world cup

But world cup viewing will be higher than origin or any nrl games worldwide fact

Outside of queensland and nsw nrl is smalltime

Point of the post has totally gone over your head......

No light bulbs going off today as to ask why out academy and reserves dont use the same structures and systems as the first team?

It's possibly a big part of when we get Injurys we capitulate so badly. I honestly can't believe Hodgsons even made that comment and openly admitted it

He didn't - he was referring to the three loan players. Reading clearly not one of your strong points.