Unfortunately the rules allow him to do exactly that.
Well they have to allow players to be Kangaroos without playing for Origin, because NSW and QLD are not the entirety of Australia. If Origin allowed all players from Australia to compete, you might have a point.
This just points to a clear problem yet again. That we have dominant teams already means our International game isn't interesting enough, but we have virtually everything incentivising a consolidation of this dominance: access to representative games is reduced by a lack of games, and by professional clubs refusing to comply; players unions are strong and heavily biased towards actions that benefit big nations, the money is massively stacked in favour of stronger nations - through Origin, extra games, the comparative wealth or organising bodies etc.
This sort of thing is obviously going to be the end result, and the quality of product with internationals will remain as piss-weak. If we want the exposure and ultimately money that comes from an interesting international game, we need to start making the incentives run in the opposite direction. Obviously.
