If we revived county origin...

[Johnny_L_O]

... what would the teams look like?

Yorks

1. Richard Mathers - Wigan
2. Garreth Raynor - Hull FC
3. Paul Sykes - Bradford
4. Keith Senior - Leeds
5. Lee Smith - Leeds
6. Leon Pryce - Saints
7. Rob Burrow - Leeds
8. Sam Burgess - Bradford
9. Matt Diskin - Leeds
10. Jamie Peacock - Leeds
11. Lee Gilmour - Saints
12. Jamie Jones-Buchanan - Leeds
13. Gareth Ellis - Leeds

14. Ryan Hudson - Hudds
15. Andy Lynch - Bradford
16. Richard Moore - Wakefield
17. Joe Westerman - Castleford


Lancs

1. Paul Wellens - Saints
2. Martin Aspinwall - Hudds
3. Ste Tyrer - Saints
4. Martin Gleeson - Warrington
5. Ade Gardner - Saints
6. Kevin Brown - Hudds
7. Lee Briers - Warrington
8. Adrian Morley - Warrington
9. Terry Newton - Bradford
10. James Graham - Saints
11. Garreth Hock - Wigan
12. Paul Clough - Saints
13. Kevin Sinfield - Leeds

14. James Roby - Saints
15. Ste Wild - Hudds
16. Andy Coley - Wigan
17. Sean O'Loughlin - Wigan

Cunningham and Long have been excluded due to thier International retirement. To me we dont look too bad for depth as thier are players like Bailey, McGuire, Robinson, Briscoe, Dowes, Carvell, Cooke, Atkins, Crabtree... (you get the gist) that have missed out. It surprised me when it was written out in front of me.

 

[bartman]

You'd pretty much have all the crop of GB/England players at your disposal for a Counties origin match, minus one or two anomolies - I think maybe Ade Gardner is technically from Cumbria, so you'd have to have a ruling on cases like that and eventually London-raised players, as well as people who are eligible and seek to represent Wales or Scotland.

I don't think it proved that popular when last played, but could easily be a TV game as part of an international bye weekend (or a curtain raiser for full internationals) should that become a regular part of the season.

 

[The Observer]

You'd pretty much have all the crop of GB/England players at your disposal for a Counties origin match, minus one or two anomolies - I think maybe Ade Gardner is technically from Cumbria,

Gardner would play for Lancashire, because its an adjacent county north of Lancashire, IIRC it was historically part of Lancashire.

so you'd have to have a ruling on cases like that and eventually London-raised players,

Maybe they'd play for whichever county they first played in. Londoner Dom Peters represented Lancashire a few years ago, AFAIK on that basis.

as well as people who are eligible and seek to represent Wales or Scotland.

Its an England trial, they would not play.

 

[roughyedspud]

as much as i'd live to see it return the roses match would do to the celtic nations what SoO is doing to the island nations..

instead we should increase the number of games England & England 'A' play against the celtic nations,french, russia etc...