It's never been a problem for Rugby Union to run a British Lions side
alongside the individual home nations. Why should it be for Rugby League?

However, we need to work towards getting genuine Welsh/Scottish/Irish sides
playing on a regular basis - not cobbling together teams of players with
appropriate grandparents for a World Cup once a decade and trying to call it
expansion!

Phil Bradbury.

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From: "Andy Savage" <andy@...>
To: "GB Rugby League" <Great-Britain-RugbyLeague@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "London List" <londonbroncos@onelist.com>; "inter national league"
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Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 5:25 PM
Subject: <IRL> GB or home nations debate


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> It has been suggested that the Great Britain team be disbanded in favour
> of
> separate home nations teams in time for the 2008 World Cup. I am
> completely
> opposed to this. The Great Britain team is the jewel in the crown of the
> Rugby Football League and that's exactly how it should remain. The fans
> want
> to see our best national team, not watered down home nations sides
> peppered
> with 'granny gate' players. Maybe if things were very different and Great
> Britain was unbeatable then separating into home nations to even things up
> might be worth considering, but this is not the case is it? Australia are
> the dominant nation and have been for 30 years. We simply can't afford to
> jettison our national Great Britain team. We have to be at our strongest
> if
> we are to become the number one nation in rugby league, and win back the
> World Cup.
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> andy s.
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