Of course it happens , just not to the same degree , yes an England team with 25/30 % South African players isn't ideal , but an ' italian ' RL team with 100 % Aussies is just silly really

Took the words out of my mouth.



The after match interviews should be a laugh, our man of the match for italy Craig gower (followed my a thick Aussie accent).



Bound to give our game world wide instant credibility

I'm not saying we should stop.it happening, just that we keep it in perspective, maybe an ' Italy ' Aussie RL team should visit Italy pre WC pushing the sport ( and of course the IRLF anonunce a multi million pound investement in Europe ) supported by ALL the sports governing bodies

The after match interviews should be a laugh, our man of the match for italy Craig gower (followed my a thick Aussie accent).



Bound to give our game world wide instant credibility

Would you prefer them to select a bunch of home grown players and be beaten by 100 points? Many of those players including Minichiello paid their own way to Italy to take part in the WC qualifiers last year and ensure a spot for their side. In typical RL style you are just talking and moaning for the sake of it.

Apologies for the page still being constructed, but been building up which players are available for each country: www.internationalrugbyleague.net/teamdata.htm Also due to the immense amount of research that's gone into this we might have missed quite a lot, so any feedback or anything to add please don't hesitate in letting me know.

Apologies for the page still being constructed, but been building up which players are available for each country: www.internationalrugbyleague.net/teamdata.htm Also due to the immense amount of research that's gone into this we might have missed quite a lot, so any feedback or anything to add please don't hesitate in letting me know.

Good to hear, hopefully they will get things sorted, as I said perspective is what is needed in relation to this subject , having ' heritage ' players is fine as long as it helps development

I'm not talking poop sir, as I say the homecoming of the Italian (and 10 aussies) rl squad back to Rome will see the streets full of 100,000 people singing Italia Italia Italia Italia

What are you trying to achieve with posts like this? Nobody is claiming the sport is massive in Italy, it has only been there for a few years.

The Italian RU team have easily 50% of their team not native Italians but they are not being pillioried. The England Cricket team is South Africa A but hey that's okay.



The Irish and Scottish teams are likely to be mainly non native born also.



The hope is that these teams including the Italians will have several teams on their roster from the domestic league and that a good performance from the national team will spur more development in the respective countries.



At this point, these national organisations do exist. They have a right to enter the World cup and they played qualifying games to get there. It works at this time to have them represented by the non native born players. Competitive games are so much better than blowouts. Check out the names listed on the Italian roster, most are clearly of Italian pedigree. In future the native born component should increase as the sport grows in the respective countries.