RedVee_8
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Why would they want to be?
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Why would they want to be?
They don’t get to decide but yeah it’s a joke all round.
That will never happen. Samoa and Tonga don't have the resources to be a tier 1 nation, and Origin will lose some spark if the island players don't play Origin
They could just allow NZer's eligible for Origin to play Origin and for NZ, doesn't need to be a tier thing. It's not going to be a huge amount of players anyway.
I agree. But that's up to the aussies not IRL. And the aussies will never run a comp where it'll make the top competition better.
Oh yeah I know I was just giving the option that's fair to all of us smaller nations (including NZ in comparison to the juggernaut that is Australia).
I would love nothing more than every team beating the ausses. They need to be humbled so they can take the international game more serious. The gap has gone smaller tho. The old days of the aussies dominating the 2nd best team with ease is gone. We just need to have more competitive international games
Aussies will always be dominant but not as much as in the past. Because the aussie talent has spread out to the samoan and Tongan team more. Back in the days we didn't have 5 or 6 competitive teams. Any of those teams can beat Australia on their day tbh.
I think I understand where you're coming from, but I don't entirely agree.
We're gonna have to wait and see at the end of the year if there are any internationals. The problem with the last world cup, is that we didn't get to see England face the aussies. Even tho samoa defeated them in the semi final, England was outstanding before that game, I really think they would've given the aussies a really good game. At the 2017 world cup, England was a try away from being world champs. I also give credit to the Kiwis, recovering well after the 2017 world cup. They got over the Tongan players leaving, and they got even better than before. If anything, the current Kiwis team now has the potential to be the greatest Kiwis team ever with the amount of class players that they have on the roster. In the past the kangaroos team used to be named and I'm pretty sure, most countries used to read that team list and go "fugging hell what a team" but now most teams look at the aussies and go " That's a good aussie team, but you know what? They're very beatable" The Nsw and Qld origin starting front rows might be playing for samoa. And the up and coming second rowers are tongans. The kangaroos backs and halves will always be elite with depth, but the aussies forward pack is where most teams will target them. The Kiwis almost did it, but they ran out of puff.
My worry is that the kangaroos or to be more specific Queensland and NSW start to target more and more NZ born players who are moving from NZ aged 13, 14 and 15 on NRL scholarships.
I think under the current rules they don't qualify for Origin if they go over at 13+.
I see.
Yes, that’s what stopped Mulitalo debuting for Qld. He then declared for NZ
Not ideal but the kiwis can’t afford to lose such quality players.
what would be cool about England putting 60 points on all those teams in front of 5000 people?
