No Menzies or Perry?! But Lealuai gets the nod. Did this bloke use to coach Leeds?

And New Zealand...Faiumu ahead of Monaghan for bench hooker too (I know Buderus has to be there as captain, so between those two).

I can only think that word must have come from Menzies & M.Monaghan that they didn't want to play, because that's the highest calibre overseas player in SL and the form overseas player in SL out of the side.

Was just looking through some stuff this morning, came across the teamsheet from the Sheffield Eagles v Australia game from 1994. Menzies is on it.

Was Keith Senior on it too?

I’m going knowing full well that this game will be nothing but an exhibition game. There will be no big hits, no big hit-ups, there will be no hard tackling at all, there’ll be no biff, nothing. Not one player or coach will want their players potentially picking up an injury in a pointless, mid season faux international.

I know that this game will be a diluted, poor imitation of an international but… it’s an international all the same, regardless however poor it is.

I’ll hopefully get 3 games in this weekend – makes me a happy bunny anyway.

That's the spirit!

.....And plenty of it will need to be quaffed to mask the fact that this game is an utter nonsense. One does have to despair for the international future of the game if this is the best the game has to offer.

Bring back proper GB tours down under with antipodean tours here.

Stick to the strengths and stop pretending the game can credibly field home nation teams.

was this your opinion of International RL this time last year when England walked passed an LER select XIII?

its a mid season run out for England, nothing more, nothing less.

It will be far more entertaining than the usual dross against France. Mind you that's probably what australlia think when they play us at end of the year.

Top and Bottom of it for me.

Whilst I don't disagree with your views on this game and the overall sentiment I'd like to know how you're going to organise tours when our seasons now run concurrently?

Easy. Get the Aussies to see the infinite wisdom of Summer rugby too ...although strictly speaking the North Queensland Cowboys wouldn't be able to participate



Tours would be a good starter to a season being completed prior to NRL and SL seasons. Clubs could still play their friendlies between test matches. Drop the W C C.