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RLWC17 squads

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Au 23/24
Eng 24/24
France 24/24
lebanese 1/24

NZ 21/24
Samoa 4/24
Scotland 0/24
Tonga 2/24

Ire 6/24
PNG 20/24
Wales 10/24

Fiji 6/24
Italy 2/24
USA 14/24

Overall...157/336 or 47% homegrown.......better than last time out IIRC. The problem is that if (as I expect) Tonga do really well, it'll mean squat for Tongan domestic RL.....
 

Ari Gold

Bench
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The numbers dont tell the full story though... Italy have 3 additional homegrown players travelling and training with the 24 man squad.
 

morningstar

Juniors
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Au 23/24
Eng 24/24
France 24/24
lebanese 1/24

NZ 21/24
Samoa 4/24
Scotland 0/24
Tonga 2/24

Ire 6/24
PNG 20/24
Wales 10/24

Fiji 6/24
Italy 2/24
USA 14/24

Overall...157/336 or 47% homegrown.......better than last time out IIRC. The problem is that if (as I expect) Tonga do really well, it'll mean squat for Tongan domestic RL.....

Think you are out a little bit with the splits, there are only 334 players as well due to USA & PNG only naming 23 man squads...

England - 23/24
Australia - 23/24
France - 23/24
Lebanon 1/24 (Ahmad Ellaz, Nick Kassis, Andrew Kazzi, Anthony Layoun, Mitchell Mamary, Bilal Maarbani, Jaleel Seve-Derbas, Elias Sukkar & Jason Wehbe unknown)

NZ - 19/24
Samoa - 2/24
Tonga - 4/24
Scotland - 2/24

PNG - 19/23
Wales - 9/24
Ireland - 4/24

Fiji - 8/24 (Joe Lovadua unknown)
Italy 2/24
USA 12/23 (Hiko Malu & Samuel Tochtermann-Talbot unknown)
 
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adamkungl

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The numbers dont tell the full story though... Italy have 3 additional homegrown players travelling and training with the 24 man squad.

Reducing something like this to pure numbers will never be a completely accurate picture. For example, even the players born in Tonga/Samoa/Scotland/Wales likely came through Australian, New Zealand or English RL anyway and never played in their birth country.
 
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Think you are out a little bit with the splits, there are only 334 players as well due to USA & PNG only naming 23 man squads...

England - 23/24
Australia - 23/24
France - 23/24
Lebanon 1/24 (Ahmad Ellaz, Nick Kassis, Andrew Kazzi, Anthony Layoun, Mitchell Mamary, Bilal Maarbani, Jaleel Seve-Derbas, Elias Sukkar & Jason Wehbe unknown)

NZ - 19/24
Samoa - 2/24
Tonga - 4/24
Scotland - 2/24

PNG - 19/23
Wales - 9/24
Ireland - 4/24

Fiji - 8/24 (Joe Lovadua unknown)
Italy 2/24
USA 12/24 (Hiko Malu & Samuel Tochtermann-Talbot unknown)

151/337....with 12 other possibles who are playing in the lower tiers in Australia.
 

Evil Homer

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Reducing something like this to pure numbers will never be a completely accurate picture. For example, even the players born in Tonga/Samoa/Scotland/Wales likely came through Australian, New Zealand or English RL anyway and never played in their birth country.
Not true whatsoever for Wales who have great development pathways despite struggles with their clubs at pro levels. The majority of their squad would be WRL products and it would've been even more were if not for injuries to numerous key players.
 
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Not true whatsoever for Wales who have great development pathways despite struggles with their clubs at pro levels. The majority of their squad would be WRL products and it would've been even more were if not for injuries to numerous key players.
Same for the USA.....McDermott has been very brave picking half his squad from the local comp......this will benefit their comp in the long run
 

adamkungl

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Not true whatsoever for Wales who have great development pathways despite struggles with their clubs at pro levels. The majority of their squad would be WRL products and it would've been even more were if not for injuries to numerous key players.

Fair enough
 

Timmah

LeagueUnlimited News Editor
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Why are teams naming 21 when they are already naming their 17? What's the point of naming four blokes who aren't playing?
It's the same thing the NRL squads do - the reasoning provided at the start of the season was to avoid last-minute betting plunges when a big name comes into the squad back from injury etc. Designed to combat "insider betting"

Not sure it's necessary for RLWC but that's how they're doing it. Chop to 19 happens 24h before kickoff, final teams an hour before.
 

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