Quote ="Muggins"In my opinion, it has to happen.
I just looked at the England team and subs from yesterdays match again Australia. Of the 17, 9 were born in Yorkshire and 8 were born in Lancashire (or thereabouts).
Are RL fans and administrators in England seriously going to argue that we can't have a series to match what the Aussies do with Queensland and NSW?
And please don't give me any excuses such as "Oh, people aren't that interested in being Lancastrian" or "such a place isn't actually in Lancashire anymore" etc! You're never going to get anything completely pure in sport, but an English origin series would be a whole lot more legitimate than a Scotland RL team (I've just checked, and was astounded) that contains only one Scottish born player - the rest having been born in England or Australia!'"
But people have never been interested in war of roses series. Biggest attendance since 1895 was 15,054 in 1960.
Last game in 2003 attracted 6,454. Average attendance since 1895 looks about 5,000.
Fans in Yorkshire and Lancashire have never been interested in this series. Bringing it back is a complete waste of time.
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