: Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:47 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

Regardless if you like it or not the players in the World Cup were are best we had at the time and a World Cup is not a time to experiment. Remember 12 months earlier England thrashed our new world champs 3-0 in a test series.

No they werent, not even close.

They were the best we had that had played for England already and also played for a "top 4" club.

Same as always and same as always they lost.

and that touring NZ team was a totally different team to the one that played in the world cup.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:10 pm  

Code13 wrote:

No they werent, not even close.

They were the best we had that had played for England already and also played for a "top 4" club.

Same as always and same as always they lost.

and that touring NZ team was a totally different team to the one that played in the world cup.

Of course they were the best, 15 of them played for two sides that were miles ahead of the rest of the league! The league isn't like some random lottery where the top 4 are the top 4 regardless of ability. If the rest of the league is full of players that are better than those that played for England, why have the top two teams been the same for the last couple of seasons?

Or does your criteria for who is the 'best' not include contributing to your team winning lots of rugby matches?

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:21 pm  

pick the a team now .here

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:23 pm  

Code13 wrote:

No they werent, not even close.

They were the best we had that had played for England already and also played for a "top 4" club.

Same as always and same as always they lost.

and that touring NZ team was a totally different team to the one that played in the world cup.

go on then

show us this team of better quality players who didnt go to aus because they werent selected

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:24 pm  

isn't there at least another thread on this topic?

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:25 pm  

http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=399683&highlight= thought so

http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=399683&highlight= thought so

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:10 pm  

This was first tbf or so I think.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:02 pm  

Dico wrote:

This was first tbf or so I think.

this started today, t'other yesterday.