I don't quote every sentence that "suits me". I quote every sentence that I disagree with (which was most of them). Which ones do you think "didn't suit me".

Ironically, the thing you're having a go at me for here (which isn't true) is exactly what you've done in this reply (i.e. ignore my reply to your comment that a crowd of 31k for a 4N Final being "a poor effort").

Again, contradicting yourself.


That was my point.
You didn't "cherry pick" the best of English players like you said. You picked up some duds as well.
How many of the dud Aussies that come over here do you think the English public have heard of and are paid loads? They are called "cheap options" for a reason. You can pretend that we think they're all superstars all you like. The fact is, most fans ridicule their signings.

It happens both ways.


So they could be paying him big bucks then for all you know? Rusty even came over to England to convince him to sign, and you Aussies are wetting yourselves at how good he is.

Again, works both ways.


Me personally? Nothing other than the contribution I make to the club with my season pass and merchandise purchases!

Berro wasn't in the twilight of his career when we signed him, unless you think a 27 year old is "past it". As I said before, he was a current Aussie international, and the current MOM holder at the GF. He was in his prime.

Fitz was signed on a one year deal to aid in the development of the players around him with his work ethic (much like when we signed Kearney, which got us a Challenge Cup). Again, a World Cup finalist when we signed him. Maybe not his prime, but a continued level of excellence and a world class player, and still proves to be (which is why we resigned him). Rumours were that Roosters wanted him back. What would you have said then? Remember, you took back a 33 year old Jason Smith and kept him for 3 further years in your competition full of apparently only young up and coming Australians...


Because you've had enough of getting found out and embarrassing yourself?


I haven't. But it's nice to know that you read my threads on TotalRL.com Don't try and deflect attention too much from your amazing points. It's one of the classic signs of a poor argument


Oh no, don't go. What will the world do without another Aussie "know it all" getting shown up? We'll just have to wait for the next one. Shouldn't be too long...

roughyedspud,



Haven't seen an answer to your pre-requisite for the GB team. Since full time professionalism began in 1996, Great Britain has played 44 major international matches (42 tests, 2 games against the NZ Maori). On only 16 of the 44 games (36% of games) did Great Britain NOT field a team full of England players (2007 Lion Maurie Faasavalu counts as English by residency):
* 2 tests with Welshman Rowland Phillips (1996 vs PNG and NZ Maori)
* 14 tests with Irishman Brian Carney (2003-2006 vs Australia and NZ)

Indeed, nearly all the English players have been Northerners. Even before 1996 & SL, GB has been dominated by Northerners. The second test in 1994 featured 2 Welshmen (Bateman and Davies), the other tests were all English.

In the eyes of the RL public, the Northern dominated makeup of GB and England teams has never undermined the legitimacy of them being national teams. That's for 330+ Great Britain tests and 129+ England tests.

northern england is'nt a separate country now is it..



and how many welsh & scots is enough to merit a return of GB....1 or 2 is enough as long as they are good enough to warrant selection and not just there to make GB valid...


and if its take 20-25 years for london to start producing talent...scotland & wales won't be far from that timescale either...so like i said...see you in 2035 for a GB tour..lol

oh....and as for the FA forming a GB team for the olympics in 2012.....thats cos the welsh,scottish & northern irish told our FA where to go...meaning the FA had to put a england team forward or else GB would have a team in it's own olympics...it was a no brainer really