none of the lancashire side actually plays "in the county of lancashire", and thats the whole issue with this.

and james graham, st.george? really?

Might as well just stick with the Exiles game. The fans do have a team to support already.

East vs West will never happen, mainly because no-one gives a cr*p if they're from the East or the West. You've taken the problem of the Exiles not being a team anyone can get behind and substituted it with two teams no-one can get behind.

Its all a load of guff that nobody would care much about. We need to offset our season enough against the NRL season and bring back tours, and GB. Scotland and Ireland, I mean WTF? On what planet are we living?

I noticed you didn't say Wales there...

Why include them within one big national side if they aren't going to add to it? WTF.

We might as well be Europe. Or Northern Hemisphere.

Cumbria
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Rest of UK & France potentially to include Exiles

Played in a straight knockout format with initial games drawn out of the hat.

The Rest of UK & France team will have a lot of interested fans...