apparently he has signed for Gold Coast Titans, according to wigan board. Good luck to him, didnt think he'd get a move to nrl for a few years, if ever

I believe this inferiority complex contributes to our lack of success on the international stage. But that's another issue.

Take Mitch Achurch and Evarn Tuimavave, whom Leeds and Hull KR have signed for next year respectively, for example. They are average forwards. They are not much better, if not at all, then young players these particular clubs have in their ranks.

Speaking of NRL fullbacks, interesting to see Greenshields has signed for North Queensland.

"Don't go to Hull Greg, they'll blame you for EVERYTHING bad, and not be a impressed if you do something good"

True some are average players and do nothing special, what seems to set them all apart is there far lower basic errors... Even players who come over here seem to up their mistake rate to match ours.

My dad used to blame the weather we have, but after watching all available NRL games for 3 seasons it rains far, far more there than here. Cold hands maybe?

Look at some of the English players currently over there.

James Graham and Sam Burgess were amongst the best players in SL. They've gone to the NRL and have been amongst the best players there. ([url=http://www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=92679&page=24Seriously, they're loving Graham atm[/url). Same goes for Gareth Ellis.

Likewise, Luke Burgess. He was always a bit of an average/above-average player over here, but never one of the best, and he's the same in the NRL. Hasn't ripped it up but has done fairly well and is starting for Souths.

I have no doubt that if some of the best English SL players went to the NRL - Roby, Tomkins, Hall, Westwood, etc - they'd be some of the best players over there, too.

The main difference is the depth of the talent in both leagues. Whilst the top teams in both leagues are of a similar standard, the lower teams in the NRL are better than the lower teams in SL (for example, I think that Penrith/Parra are better than Cas/Widnes, but Wigan/Warrington/Saints would be up there with Bulldogs/Storm/Souths).
This reflects in the national competitions - for the English side, we struggle to replace our best players with others of a similar quality when injuries occur. However, Aus have more players to call from in this sort of situation.
This is to be expected, though. RL is a national sport in Aus/NZ, but it's regional and mainly restricted to Yorks/Lancs/Cumbria over here, so they have a much larger talent pool (and, presumably, funding as they have more people investing in the sport at lower levels).
Because of the smaller pool of players, not all of our top players come through at the same time. For example, a few years back we had some great centres but our wingers were poor/average. We now have some great wingers (Hall/Briscoe/Charnley) but we struggle a bit in the centres/halves.

The other thing that goes against us is the mentality. A lot of fans see ourselves as being inferior to the NRL and so have little faith in our national side. We're gonna struggle until we start backing ourselves more.