simple solution:

gingers v non-gingers

gingers have that siege mentality because we are constantly under attack by snide remarks

non-gingers apparently have a problem with us so could get firey

gingers would proper get behind the lads like riley, farrell etc (i reckon graham would even come back to throw his weight behind it)

I don't think parent's nationality or where you are born are the only things that dictate nationality, especially when it comes to representing a nation in sport. I think things like length of time in the country, schooling/education and what the actual person feels should also be taken into consideration. Would it be fair if a lad was born in England, left with his parents when he was a few months old, was raised, schooled, trained and lived 99% of his life in another country, but then turned around and was accepted as English when he'd never played a single game of RL in our country? Isn't that what so many people seem to have a problem with at the minute, that McNamara seems to be looking for every loophole possible for players to represent England?

For me, it shouldn't just be "he's English, he plays", things like where he's been trained should be hugely important.

In my opinion Ian Henderson is English and Rangi Chase isn't.

There has to be a line somewhere.

Not quite a line, more of a common sense/fair approach to it. It goes on in pretty much every sport that 'foreigners' represent adopted countries, I don't agree with the way players move in their twenties then end up representing a different country, but I don't think it should be limited to birthplace/parents.

McNamara and the RFL have a responsibility to represent the image of our game, just because Union do it, doesn't mean we should. IMO, they owe it to the young lads who come through the English academies. I'd never want to represent my nation if they turned to somebody that had represented another country. How bad would that make you feel as a player?

here's a scenario for you, i was born in a british military hospital in germany, thus making me british but not english, therefore can play for any home nation, possibly germany, only problem is i'm gubbins at rugby league! so never got picked!

Haha!

As it happens under the eligibility criteria I set out above I would actually not be eligible for England because I wasn't born in England and neither were either of my parents. They moved to Warrington when I was one year old - and I think its fair to say that if they hadn't done that its unlikely I would have got into RL - but despite living in England for 31 of my 32 years I don't really see how I can be classed as English.

I suffer the same plight as Slim though so its not relevant to me anyway!