Dropkick Murphy wrote:
In my opinion Ian Henderson is English and Rangi Chase isn't.
There has to be a line somewhere.
Not quite a line, more of a common sense/fair approach to it. It goes on in pretty much every sport that 'foreigners' represent adopted countries, I don't agree with the way players move in their twenties then end up representing a different country, but I don't think it should be limited to birthplace/parents.
McNamara and the RFL have a responsibility to represent the image of our game, just because Union do it, doesn't mean we should. IMO, they owe it to the young lads who come through the English academies. I'd never want to represent my nation if they turned to somebody that had represented another country. How bad would that make you feel as a player?