www.giantsrl.com/news/article/91 ... land-squad Also our Knights boys have all pulled out. Interesting stuff.

www.giantsrl.com/news/article/91 ... land-squad Also our Knights boys have all pulled out. Interesting stuff.

the knights lads have been playing with injuries then...or just fancy a break and a holiday!

shame for eorl but hopefully come back better for us

dont agree with chase playing for england, 3 years in this country and you can play for england, rubbish

oh and will prob get picked over danny brough now

Isnt Danny Brough Scottish?!

born in dewsbury

[uI dont agree with Chase playing[/u, but if Aussie and NZ can play Tongans, Samoans, Fijians instead of those from their country, so should we, If they are better than what we have.

we could have 17 non english players starting for england then...

What's the point, of an international team if it's not made up of players from that nation

He plays at 6, so it's Kev's spot he's nicked.
Either way Macbananarama should have gone for an English player. Sending the wrong message t working their nuts off.
If we beat anyone I can hear the chorus of disapproval.

I actually think that England are now a team of international players rather than a teeam of nationals from England.

Indeed - if the 'everyone else is doing it' argument is to be applied, we may aswell field the Exiles team at the 4N and have done with it.

A cynical move by Chase in my view, given that 3 months ago he was in the press waxing lyrical about his boyhood dreams of playing for NZ; another nail in the coffin for the credibility of the international game?

[url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2011/10/05/huddersfield-giants-ace-larne-patrick-knows-quitting-england-knights-was-right-decision-86081-29539734/Larne Patrick on Giants lads pulling out of the Knights squad.[/url

It seems like plenty of the lads were pretty busted up.

or had a holiday lined up



larne not been as impressive recently but maybe this is why...

they are putting club before country, suits the giants i suppose!

did you cheer when england/wales won the last ashes cricket series?.. pietersehen..strauss..bell...prior..cooke...morgan..non of them english?...a line needs to be drawn in intl sport as to which team you can play for..

I DID





, 11 martians in england shirts turning over the aussies would do me every time old boy, great to see the `convicts` get stuffed.

To be fair, why play for a country who has a coach who doesn't give a rat's ass for English players?

Not sure I agree with that statement TBH. Purtill is coach with the Knights with Baloo as assistant and, whilst I don't necessarily agree with McNamara selecting the like of Chase et al I can understand why he has done it.

I think so long as the clubs keep focusing on developing players, and IMO more clubs are doing that now, then we may see some more depth and competition growing for places.

Residency rules are across all sports these days, cant see a problem with it myself, it aint hurt the Aussies playing Kiwis and Islanders all these years.

Rules in place, aint gonna stop now.

Saying that id like to see 17 english players pulling on the shirt but them days are gone now.

I don't have a problem with Rangi Chase playing for England. I do however have a problem with him playing for NZ Maoris and the exiles previously though. i also have a problem with Danny Brough playing for England having played for Scotland. Tonie Carroll playing for New Zealand and Australia etc etc.

This won't make to make international RL a joke, it already is a joke.

It's not exactly helping the situation. I suppose nobody will be moaning if we win the 4 nations though. Except the Ozzie boys of course..

perhaps the knights boys thought - we are knackered, we want a rest (bruno has got on a plane already) whats the point when macca will just draft into the england squad some guy who isnt good enough to play for his country of birth and has only lived here 3 years, probably wants residency but due to a convictioon wont get it unless - oh he plays for England! plus we are a bit p*ssed off that hes taken our captains spot so lets not bother.