Couldn't agree more. I think its embarrassing, when it happens in any sport.

It stinks and the RFL has once again stooped to a low level.

Why not ask the NRL to field two teams and call one England or maybe we can just hire in who we want. Sorry this has lost me I like the internationals and I want to see English players taking on the Kiwi's at the KC, appears I am watching mercenaries.

Garbage. How can someone who was born in England be less English than someone who was born in NZ, didn't come to England until he was in his mid 20's and has only been here about 3 years?

I think macca' and Rfl need to take a long hard look at them selfs' if macca wants to coach a team of nz'aus players then he should fook off to the nrl. Mind you would he get an assistants job out there. Just sure's you how much faith macca as in his players he's even tried to talk cherry evens into playing for England what a joke.

Fair comment.

All sports do it RU, cricket and football etc.

But i've always being proud of the fact that England rugby team has not gone down this route.

I think McNamara is desperate man, another poor 4 Nations may result in him losing his job.

Also Chase played for the Exiles against England only a few months back.

Agree 100%.

How anyone thinks by picking Aussies/Kiwis not good enought to make their own national teams is going to improve our chances is beyond me. It's because of the amount of second rate Aussies/Kiwis sacturating SL that we're in this mess in the first place, now we're selecting them for England!

Take a look back at the interview Chase did before the Exiles game, soooo embarrassing for him and Steve Mac now!!!

Basically he says how he wants to play well so he can earn a call up to the NZ which has always been his dream etc.

I know nobody seems to be pro chase, but what are peoples thoughts about heighington playing, he after all does have some english blood in his veins. Or has this been discussed elsewhere?

Heighington, like Chase, has England as his second choice.

And I don't think he's spent much, if any time in England.

Who gives! If a player can claim residency then he can play for his new home country. The aussies and many other countries have been doing it for years but us brits turn our nose up at it for some bizzarre reason. Lomax and Chase in the halfs or McGuire and Brough, i know who id choose?

I find it incredulous that a bunch of half witted posters are calling the current Man of Steel over-rated!!! And to say he's not good enough for New Zealand - I bet that Heremaia, or Hohaia won't win M.O.S next year, and they're current NZ internationals.

If every other team in every other sport does it, why the hell shouldn't we? If anyone accused Mo Farrar of being Somalian, and not English - you be rightly deemed a racist.

I think if you want to become british having no parental connections or not being born here, then you should have to do 6 months in Afghanistan clearing IED's for boy's out there. Then if you survive I'd have no problem with it.

You've got to admit it you'd know they were serious about.

The difference is those Aussies were actually born in Australia or at least raised there.

For some reason people think that Australia has all of these islanders playing for them when all of them are actually Australian.

Well that's because NZ are strong in the halfs.