Brown in says what everyone else thinks and is right shocker

Good on him.

Would anyone here even want to represent another country?

i agree with his sentiments but using Maori tattoos isn't a great example - every other person has either Maori or Oriental tattoos

I think Daniel Anderson suggested something similar, or having a two-tier international system, which in reality, we already do. You can pay for one major nation, and if not selected, play for the 'minor' nation, but can't move to another major or minor nation once you've made your choice.

Problem is now with international sport, the rules allow you to play for a nation you have no real connection with. It's not just League, and I think we beat ourselves up too much over it when other, more high profile sports, do it even more!

(BTW, the Scottish union side have selected a Dutch born player today, wonder if they'll have the same discussions.)

In cricket I know they've just tightened the rules up around this, they're now, if someone enters the Country before they're 18 they have to go through a residence period of 4 years and if they enter after their 18th birthday they will need to complete a residence period of seven years. They basically increased the length of residence from 4 to 7 years for people not born in England.

Problem is he has included Henderson in his point. So you don't agree with him in your statement.
He can't play for Yorkshire but he can represent England and Great Britain.

Where Rangi is concerned, he is a Kiwi. No more to add on that.

It would be interesting to here what Nathan Brown's thoughts about Warrington born Bob Fulton, both captaining and coaching Australia.