Because he's injured?

Or because he doesn't actually have a contract with a SL club?

What a fookin shambles this thing is,let me get this right we have scrapped geniune internationals so we play a team of oap pension grabbers and the rest made up of what the fans pick?????????



Have I slipped into some sort of werid world???????

No but it looks like your one brain cell has just halved.

I'm the one with one brain cell,good god man wake up and smell the coffee we are suppose to improve with this bullsssshhhhiiiteeee? idea



And we wonder why we are light years behind,think I'll mutli register with some mates and pick the worst players,this daft IDEA needs hi jacking just for the fun of it

Don't bother Jesus.



The team is already pretty much sorted I'm sure.





I can't believe how naive people are if they think that their votes really will influence who gets into the side.

So you think slamming the French every year will help?

So on the one hand we have a game where 12 SL clubs worth of players will play against 1 SL club worth of players and on the other we have a game with us vs players with soo, and Kiwi and Aussie caps who always love nothing more then stucking it to the 'Poms'.

Now I wonder which will be the harder workout and thus more beneficial?

And I can't belive you can't work out that 17-9=8

At least 8 players of the 17 WILL be fan picks.

For a troll like yourself that was quite a sensible offering.

But that wasn't

So let me just clarify this.



You HONESTLY think that at least 8 players from the 17 man exiles squad will be chosen by [urandom members of Joe Public [/uwho register on a website and tell the RFL who THEY want right?



Is that what you are saying?

Please point me in the direction of any information stating otherwise.

Now bearing in mind you did just call me a troll.

I would have thought common sense would perhaps tell you thats not the way a team is selected.









It's a bit like the Ferrari F1 R&D team being told to design a new racing car and them creating a website for random members of the public (most of which probably couldn't tell you where the oil goes on a Ford Mondeo) to pitch in their designs and the best one will become the new Ferrari F1 car.





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So cutting through al that cr** you can't provide any evidence..........at all.

Playing the french will help what? the harder workout is more beneficial to who? and towards what purpose?

"fan pick" you are picking from a preselected larger squad, and even then only allowed to pick half the matchday squad (unless there are any injuries or withdrawals and then it reverts to the coach) it's a gimmick

it has worked though, so well done mr marketing

Please nobody pick Rangi Chase

So will this game be a sellout

sl v sl leeds v leeds who will be the best, who will have the braggin rights who will come out on top da dad dadda daaaa.......



or will 5,000 people watch a team made up of players not pulled at the last minute by there clubs play out a 44-36 score line tick and pass game



Good luck with that one





Another giant stride forward on the international front I see



Whats the point of having french teams in our comps if we don't play them at international level??????

Because they are worse than useless.

But what's going to improve the french?

Not being hammered by us every year.

You'd hope Catalans being in SL would have at least helped. Look at NZ now, it's widely stated that their success (current 4 nations champs and world cup holders afterall) is down to having a team playing in the NRL every week.



I'm not sure how long it took to take effect though if I'm honest.

The difference is that there may only be ONE team in NZ but there are dozens of Kiwis in the ARL. They effectively have 3 or 4 teams wiorth off top talent to pick from.



In France there is one team playeing at the top level and er that is it.



They need a second team in France and a few more players plying their trade in SL in England and then we will see the benfits for France.