This debate has run and run but think its worth another go around.

Rugby League is the best sport in the world and it has the fittest and most respected players. The game is for entertainment first and then the sentiment comes later.

I for one would sooner watch the likes of Clint Newton, Michael Dobson, Willie Mason over some of the average players from this country.

If you stripped out the overseas players and tried to make 14 Super league teams you would have a comp that was dull and slow for years to come until we develop enough players.

We owe a lot to the Aussies, I think we should leave the current number in each team as it is now.

SL has come on leaps and bounds because people like Mark Broadhurst came over a few years ago and made a difference.

The Aussies have got it 100% right and we need to replicate it over here so we can beat them at their National sport.

Isn't Aussie Rules their National Sport?

overseas players are great to have and going forward as a competition we still need to bring in good overseas players to maintain good standards and adds a little excitment. but we need clubs to reduce overseas players but still have the better aussie players that bring alot to the club and competition but keep introducing young players

What/How do we class as a national sport?

IMO RL isnt the Aussies national sport - its not played in all the areas of the country (to the highest level that im aware of), Cricket is up there isnt it, as well as Oz rules? PNG is one country that we can truly say its there National Sport, dont know of any others?...

Obviously ours is Fairy ball.

Why doesn't every club just have a team full of overseas players and then we can be entertained every week, sod the English game!!

Id rather see the best 17 each week that my team could put out then 17 lads all picked cos they were born round the corner from Craven Park

You'll be pretty gutted when Vella, Fisher, Newton, Galea and Lovegrove leave then.

we've been e at national level forever, just do as you like under a salary cap for me

Well if we've been in the past let's bin our international side and academys.

just sayin that we keep trying everything and still get tonked, whats the point

Are you suggesting we stop trying to produce players to a international level?

No, he's saying why force teams to play sub standard players just because in the future we might beat Oz in a mickey mouse tournament that club fans would really, when we are being honest, happily sacrifice in favour of stronger versions of our respective clubs...I think.

As the father of two youngsters who play the game at junior level I would love to see them play professionally. It's all about balance - sure we need some overseas stars but it is essential we breed our own too!

Very selective, what about superhuman Aussies like Garret Crossman and Daniel Fitzhenry ?

Pah, we've managed much worse than that, I present for the jury, Leroy Joe.

I like to Rovers win, but I think that the thing I would like to see most in the game would be an Ashes series win, never happened in my life time, still looks a long way off.