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    Quote Originally Posted by Kakariki View Post
    No Lomax? Or have I missed something? Is he having an IP on his bicep?

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    He can struggle through with one and a half arms in SL, but wouldn't be able enough against the likes of Aus/NZ/Tonga

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    Quote Originally Posted by Webbo Again View Post
    He can struggle through with one and a half arms in SL, but wouldn't be able enough against the likes of Aus/NZ/Tonga
    Who else do you pick for half backs?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benyon View Post
    Who else do you pick for half backs?
    Looks most likely to be 2 out of Williams, Hastings and Welsby.
    Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Wee Waa Womble View Post
    Looks most likely to be 2 out of Williams, Hastings and Welsby.
    Don't think Wane will play Hastings

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    Quote Originally Posted by paulscnthorpe View Post
    Don't think Wane will play Hastings
    Wane has said Hastings is one of the players he’s been watching. Said he had told him a few things he needed to work on but he was in contention. Based on the lack of alternatives I’d say he’s got a fair shot.
    Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Wee Waa Womble View Post
    Wane has said Hastings is one of the players he’s been watching. Said he had told him a few things he needed to work on but he was in contention. Based on the lack of alternatives I’d say he’s got a fair shot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by paulscnthorpe View Post
    Don't think Wane will play Hastings
    I hope not. It would really turn me off supporting England if we’ve got Aussies playing for us. There’s a massive difference between being eligible for England and being English. Call me old-fashioned, narrow minded or whatever I don’t really care. Aussies shouldn’t be playing for England. Simple as that.
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    Nadine Dorries, our Minister for Sport said today at Portico in an event publicising the World Cup, her favourite moment was " watching Johnny Wilkinson win the Rugby League World Cup with his drop goal when England last won it," strange she didn't go on to say that it was in 1966. I genuinely fear for the safety of the intern who presumably wrote the speech when she has finished with him, it's on par with Tony Blair watching Jackie Milburn play twenty years before he was born

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Yellow Giraffe View Post
    I hope not. It would really turn me off supporting England if we’ve got Aussies playing for us. There’s a massive difference between being eligible for England and being English. Call me old-fashioned, narrow minded or whatever I don’t really care. Aussies shouldn’t be playing for England. Simple as that.
    Absolutely right !

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    Not an England fan in the slightest. For me, Great Britain was the big name and without a World Cup for eight years, we played for a lot of that as Great Britain and Three and Four Nations and the 2006 Tour, that’s who I identify with a lot more than England, who were effectively an A team playing Tonga in that game that’s famous for being a massive fight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dos Cervezas View Post
    Not an England fan in the slightest. For me, Great Britain was the big name and without a World Cup for eight years, we played for a lot of that as Great Britain and Three and Four Nations and the 2006 Tour, that’s who I identify with a lot more than England, who were effectively an A team playing Tonga in that game that’s famous for being a massive fight.
    Yep same for me.

    Probably won't play Australia anyway. We will be out before we get chance

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    I couldn’t get into the England thing for years however the last World Cup and the series against NZ I really enjoyed !

    I’m really not up for foreigners playing for England though . If they do , I won’t watch a single game as it completely devalues representing one’s country! I have no interest in watching second rate Aussies in an England shirt . I simply won’t support that !

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    Would not surprise me if Nadine thought Lenin was in the Beatles and wrote Back in the USSR, Bjorn Borg was in ABBA and JFK wrote the Harry Potter books

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    I don't mind the England thing, as long as players declare for a country and stick to it. If you've played for Ireland or Wales, or even Samoa etc but you've now suddenly become a better player a few years later and have an English bloodline, you can't just switch and decide you're English now cos that will give you a better chance of winning a trophy with England.

    It's the same with the Aussies, how many have played for Australia or New Zealand before or after playing for a south sea island country?

    I get players want to challenge themselves and supporters want to see the best players playing against each other, but you're either from that country or your not, and if you just happen to be a great player that's from a smaller country then I'm afraid that's tough luck. That is one thing RL should be taking from football, once you've played above a certain age for a certain country, that's your country and if they are rubbish and never win anything (Giggs and Wales for example), there ain't anything you can do about it.

    Happy to keep England/Ireland/Wales etc for World Cups, but touring Aus/NZ or when they come here, the test matches should be GB.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Airsporter 22 View Post
    Would not surprise me if Nadine thought Lenin was in the Beatles and wrote Back in the USSR, Bjorn Borg was in ABBA and JFK wrote the Harry Potter books
    Whatever people think about Nadine Dorries, this mix-up says more about the problems RL faces with identity out there in the wider UK.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Side Of The Moon View Post
    I couldn’t get into the England thing for years however the last World Cup and the series against NZ I really enjoyed !

    I’m really not up for foreigners playing for England though . If they do , I won’t watch a single game as it completely devalues representing one’s country! I have no interest in watching second rate Aussies in an England shirt . I simply won’t support that !
    Exactly, I wasn't too impressed when Winfield-Hill was picked for the ladies team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaVenRouge View Post
    Exactly, I wasn't too impressed when Winfield-Hill was picked for the ladies team.
    I much prefer the GB identity. I am against picking Aussies just because they are qualified through heritage; however I have no problem with someone that has qualified by living and playing here for a number of years.

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    McShane has gone up in my estimation here and he’s absolutely right that Roby is head and shoulders above the other England hookers.

    https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post...fbB0&fs=e&s=cl
    Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Wee Waa Womble View Post
    McShane has gone up in my estimation here and he’s absolutely right that Roby is head and shoulders above the other England hookers.

    https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post...fbB0&fs=e&s=cl
    there speaks a man who has been told he isn't in the squad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Wee Waa Womble View Post
    McShane has gone up in my estimation here and he’s absolutely right that Roby is head and shoulders above the other England hookers.

    https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post...fbB0&fs=e&s=cl
    He even criticises his own form. Comes across as pretty honest.

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    Another 2nd row option into the mix

    https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post...edb4&fs=e&s=cl
    Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.

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    I think the England Squad might be in for a shock, the game in OZ are played to gladitorial rules with better refs. Our players play a softer game in Superleague, and we know the World Cup Games won't be played to the latter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Wee Waa Womble View Post
    Another 2nd row option into the mix

    https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post...edb4&fs=e&s=cl
    I'm sure he said he didn't want to play for us a couple of years ago when he was in form and on for Australia call ups. I'd rather have Knowles anyway.

    Edit: Found the article

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox...33ff3bc7339fce

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    Quote Originally Posted by BackrowSaint View Post
    I'm sure he said he didn't want to play for us a couple of years ago when he was in form and on for Australia call ups. I'd rather have Knowles anyway.

    Edit: Found the article

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox...33ff3bc7339fce
    Really not sure about Radley. Pretty unlikeable bloke in my opinion

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    Really not sure about Radley. Pretty unlikeable bloke in my opinion
    Comes across well here. Watch from 26 minutes in. I have previously said I don't agree with Aussies playing for England and I still don't fully, but my stance has softened slightly after this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnfBLO9VvgM
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