The welsh winger from St. Helens is a good player, could make the squad.
If they choose heritage players there might be a couple.
What about the "federation cup" style tournament or re-do of the four nations that had been mooted, is this the end of tournament footy for the tier 1 nations outside of the world cup? What will england's involvement be with the Euro championship be? And likewise the pacific nations+AUS+NZ? SO many question's not least what they plan to do to promote and get traction/momentum for the NA world cup in only 7 years!
edit: Just noticing that the schedule doesn't have a major event in 2023??
There isn't any Welsh,Scots or Irish players that make the squad on merit..that's why there's gonna be quota players..2 or 3 players from each nation then the England squad..
Ben Flower, Regan Grace, Liam Finn, Kyle Amor, Matty Russell? All pretty solid first graders.
One problem is 1 or 2 of Ireland, Scotland & Wales will be playing in World Cup qualifiers at the same time.
Then there's this tricky question...Wales,Scotland & Ireland's best players are Australians....does anyone wanna see Australians representing Great Britain against Australia....kinda defeats the whole point doesn't it?
I think some people are stuck in the past and have fond memories of when GB could call on genuine international class welsh players like Phil ford, John deveraux, Alan Bateman and Anthony Sullivan etc. As well as true world class welsh players like Jonathan Davies, isetyn harris, Scott Gibbs and Scott quinnell.Rumour is that if GB select a 30 man squad.....21 of them would be from the England team & 9 from Wales,Scotland & Ireland (3+3+3)..
The starting GB 17 ,if everyone is fit,will be exactly the same as the England 17..
And considering there's not a single "British" welsh,Scots or irishman that would break into a England squad...so yeah a GB quota squad will not be as strong as a England squad..
Then there's this tricky question...Wales,Scotland & Ireland's best players are Australians....does anyone wanna see Australians representing Great Britain against Australia....kinda defeats the whole point doesn't it?
And some of us have been pointing this out for 10 god damn years!
Gibbs and quinnell should have played for GB and would walk into a GB side today. phil Ford is very underrated and Harris father is welsh isn’t he?My "fond memories" of GB is getting beat for 40 years...ooohhh those happy days...
PS..Scott Gibbs & quinnell never played for GB....Isetyn is from oldham...and I'll give you davis
PS....lachlan coote,kane Linnett & euan aitken would all be in with a very good shout of making the England team..
Since union went professional in 1995 and the welsh talent crossing the divide dried up GB has become obsolete.So this GB team will be worse than the England team?
Isn’t the whole point (like the British Irish lions in union) is that they are undefeatable.
They’re gonna suck...
Lachlan Coote's not even playing NRL at the moment so how shit are your fullbacks? Aitken maybe but even then you'd have to be pretty short at centres the way he is playing at the moment.
Since union went professional in 1995 and the welsh talent crossing the divide dried up GB has become obsolete.
Is that the one with Phil ford in it?? I’ve seen a short clip of them talking to Phil ford about his time in league. Both club and country.There's a BBC documentary on up here at the min about Welsh rugby code breakers..it's amazingly insightful.