: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:59 pm  

Guess there are plenty of tickets left for the World Club Challenge then.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:05 pm  

He's kind of right though, isn't he?

You'd have to say that only Saints and Leeds, currently, would have any impact in the NRL.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:10 pm  

He is right. Okay the comments are a bit embarrassing for the RFL who are trying to promote the game over here but the truth sometimes hurts. If we played the WCC under the same format as in 1997 the SL clubs would probably get stuffed even more than they did back then.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:14 pm  

Totally agree with
Manly Chief Exec. Grant Mayer's comment on the British SL

Have a look at Celtics players CVs - looks pretty 2nd tier to me.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:25 pm  

Ian [77] wrote:

Without meaning to point the finger, our 2 most high profile Australians have certainly been 2nd tier so far, other than in fits and starts. At the minute I'm struggling to see how King got a game, never mind a test jersey.

Most definitely.