But what about the lads from outside of Yorkshire and Lancashire? (or are we talking about 4 teams rather than 2 taking part?)

inthe first 10 minutes,i think that if that greedy selfish prat mcquire had passed to tommy brisco,when they were within 40 meters,tommy would have scored.

Split the country (GB) in two and which ever you played your original professional games in is the one you would represent.

So, nobody from say, London, could ever play in the National side?

I think you might have misread my post.

People have been saying that to make Yorks v Lancs work it needs to form the basis of selection for the National side.

I meant if you had an origin series between let's say East and West rather than Yorkshire and Lancashire

Far to narrow a scope, why cut Lancashire out?

Your idea of missing Lancashire out.... hmmmm

I am missing something, do you mean East v West in terms of:

Hull
Yorkshire
England

I mean East and West Britain: North & South won't work and Yorks v Lancs misses other teams than Quins potentially.

The problem with Hull is there are not enough players eligible to play for England (unless we exclude Rovers)

I think when he said split the country in 2 he might have mean't England.