: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:47 pm  

Can England play a tri- nations with Niue and Tokelau - surely we'd win that ! and put English RL firmly on the map again, it would probably give a huge boost to the domestic game too, and the 'senior' players can end their international careers on a high !!



ok i know i'm sorry - i didnt mean to totally write off Niue !

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:51 pm  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

Can England play a tri- nations with Niue and Tokelau - surely we'd win that ! and put English RL firmly on the map again, it would probably give a huge boost to the domestic game too, and the 'senior' players can end their international careers on a high !!



ok i know i'm sorry - i didnt mean to totally write off Niue !

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:58 pm  

jonny the leyther wrote:

These should be published more regularly on BBCi to show how multinational league has become

Give over. Althought there are 30 countries named, only 2 have professional competitions and most don't have any league played of any sort, if we are being honest.

Also, Woolston Rovers would probably come 13th on that list, so it doesn't have any strength to it. We could throw an RLFANS team together to beat a few of those teams.

: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:42 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

Won 2 of the last 3 tournaments and lost the 3rd in extra time. Geez what do you have to do to be ranked N01?

not get battered 3-0 against GB,inc a 44-0 stuffiing, not get battered 58-0 by australia and you defo don't get to number 1 by only beating france by 8 points...



hth

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:00 pm  

roughyedspud wrote:

not get battered 3-0 against GB,inc a 44-0 stuffiing, not get battered 58-0 by australia and you defo don't get to number 1 by only beating france by 8 points...



hth

hmm true, Never thought about it like that BUT winning the world cup and tri nations in the last few years should put you at number 1 imo.

Also, Woolston Rovers would probably come 13th on that list, so it doesn't have any strength to it. We could throw an RLFANS team together to beat a few of those teams.

HAHA
Very true! Although Woolston Rovers are crap these days

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:26 pm  

Dico wrote:

hmm true, Never thought about it like that BUT winning the world cup and tri nations in the last few years should put you at number 1 imo.

so you'd base the rankings on 2 games?


the game before NZ beat australia in the 2005 tri nations GB stuffed them by 30 points...

thats like me saying GB should be number one cos we beat australia in sydney..

the facts are NZ beat australia as often as we do.....it's just they do it when it matters and we do it when it does'nt

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:30 pm  

roughyedspud wrote:

not get battered 3-0 against GB,inc a 44-0 stuffiing, not get battered 58-0 by australia and you defo don't get to number 1 by only beating france by 8 points...



hth

In a nutshell, NZ are not World Number 1 because they had possibly the worst year in their international history in 2007. They got stuffed by everyone other than France, who they just scraped past. Had they won that competition, they might have been top.

If they win the 4 Nations, they'll probably be number 1.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:53 am  

yes the aussie's are on the slide down whoever is in 3rd place will move up too 2nd place soon

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:02 pm  

spud is spot on here.

well said man