Form a Euro-Middle East Rugby League comprising European nations other than France and ME nations

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Euro-Middle Eastern representative team:

Tom Trbojevic (Serbia)

Sandor Earl (Hungary), Nikola Cotric (Serbia) Tom Opacic (Serbia), Ryan Papenhuyzen (Netherlands)

Mitchell Moses (Lebanon)
Aiden Sezer (Turkey)

Jake Trbojevic (Serbia)
Emre Guler (Turkey) Jansin Turgut (Turkey)
Mikolaj Oledski (Poland) Robbie Farah (Lebanon) Tim Mannah (Lebanon)


Interchange: Alex Twal (Lebanon), Olsi Krasniqi (Albania), Erjon Dollapi (Albania) Michael Lichaa (Lebanon)

Reserves: Jimmy Keinhorst (Germany)

 

[deluded pom?]

I don’t think Jansin Turgut will be playing any time soon.

 

[adamkungl]

Proof that I'm not Albert, I would never post an idea this absolutely cooked

 

[Pommy]

A euro team with no English players, ok.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

WTF is Mannah doing in the starting lineup? Or even the team.

Alex Twal all the way.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

A euro team with no English players, ok.

Strange that there's no Frenchies either. Albert's love affair with the Frogs has turned sour?

 

[jim_57]

That was fun, now form a North American-South East Asian team excluding Guatemalan players. Feel free to ambush an innocent bystander with this discussion at your nearest watercooler.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

I don’t think Jansin Turgut will be playing any time soon.

If so. Herr Jimmy Keinhorst will have to be drafted to play in the second row.

 

[Jean Capdouze]

Excellent post Albert, your knowledge on our international game is second to none.

 

[miguel de cervantes]

This is a bit too "BigFooty" for me. I'm out.

 

[RedVee]

Lost me

 

[siv]

The concept of playing a Balkans style Super League in the ME would work geographically.

Guess it would be based around a core Turkey comp with one or two teams from other nations.

 

[Pommy]

The concept of playing a Balkans style Super League in the ME would work geographically.

Guess it would be based around a core Turkey comp with one or two teams from other nations.

Turkey isn’t really in the Middle East though, they play all their football in Europe.

 

[VictoryFC]

The concept of playing a Balkans style Super League in the ME would work geographically.

Guess it would be based around a core Turkey comp with one or two teams from other nations.

This idea is even less feasible than the original post suggesting a rep team.

My suggestion is to let each nation try to grow organically within their borders. The reason why the SL works is because England and France have a long history of professionalism in RL - and more importantly necessary funding to make it work.

 

[siv]

This idea is even less feasible than the original post suggesting a rep team.

My suggestion is to let each nation try to grow organically within their borders. The reason why the SL works is because England and France have a long history of professionalism in RL - and more importantly necessary funding to make it work.

Not a ESL model but a Balkans SL model