Did fonua get called up aswell? Cause I know he's played for Tonga before

Ridiculous that the Cup has clashed with internationals. Organisers should have made sure these games are on different weeks.

You think they care about us over in Oz? Unfortunately the difficult draw has magnified the problem. Had we got an easy draw, say oldham at home, it wouldn't have mattered

So, if either get injured (which I sincerely hope they don't) will the club be recompensed? Remember Prekkis injury in the Lanc V Yorks game?

I wish them both well, to have two international captains in our team is something to be proud of. We've got Mini and Ellis back so still at strength.

Any other super league players been called up ?

Pita Godinet.

He's at manly now isn't he?

Yeah, played yesterday for them

No, we're the only one(s). Rest are NRL, who have no fixtures next week.

Yep, totally forgot!

Samoa - Tonga is on Premiersports along with PNG - Fiji game .

very good for the club's PR both in tonga and samoa and around the globe. sometimes we need to see the bigger picture

I'll be there as the venue is pretty close to me and the matches between the Pacific Island countries are pretty passionate affairs. Also the first match of the day features the Junior Kiwis v Junior Aussies which interests my Penrith fan mate as the club has around 8 players involved in the match.

Believe in his early career Tuimavave captained the junior Kiwis before playing for Samoa

Yeh real passionate, rumour as it, the opposing captains have a real hatred for each other and cant wait to batter 10 bellsof shiiiit out of each other. Cant wait for this game, highlight of the season, which will take rugby league internationals to a new level and capture the imagination of the whole wide world

Hopefully this is the start of the SL and NRL agreeing a worldwide international window and releasing all players for international duty.

England to play NZ mid season alongside all of this would be great, as well as Wales vs France, Scotland vs Ireland, Italy vs Lebanon, etc.

.... maybe England v the EU will be an option in a few months time.

Vote OUT

Not if you want a viable economy. It's all about opinions. I believe we will stay in by quite some mqrgin.

Not too bothered by this as we know how much they respect their call ups.

But my concern is the way Pritchards limped out the Leeds and Catalan games, looks to me like he has knee ligament injury, probably even ACL has gone

After the Leeds game, wasn' it suggested it's an old injury that he plays through?

I hope anyone considering voting "in" has now changed their mind now you know you'll be on the same wavelength as standee - who is yet to be right about anything in his entire posting history!