how many more players do they have in the NRL though ?.and they pick players from the islands i think.

Define not live with them and then repeat the score.........Seem to recall a few dodgy ref calls as well as a joint Oz/NZ VR call but alls well on the International front.

Not sure anyone does to be honest? My point stands though - how many top RL players in this country didn't grown up playing football at school/on the streets?





It wouldn't, as I said earlier, neither the introduction of SL nor the introduction of franchising were ever going to change our international game. I know that was one of the 'selling points' for both changes (as Fred said above) but hope that no-one was naive enough to believe it?!

Well, if having players playing in the NRL is what makes NZ strong then there's the answer! send our Super Dooper players to the NRL and scrap our teams! after all, Scotland & Ireland have International teams without having pro League teams, don't they!

WHAT..and dilute the quality of the NRL down to the,mostly boring,one dimentional standards of SLE.tut tut thats a shocking thought.