Is international sport meaningful? : Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:39 pm
People have questioned Joel Tomkins' selection for the 4 nations and whether it has been merited on form. I make no comment on that. Is it possible that international selection was part of the deal for him returning to RL? No reason for supposing so, just that today's Times says / alleges the England RU coach in effect scuppered Armitage's return from France to Bath by failing to promise immediate selection for the England squad. Have Bath done such a deal with Sam Burgess as the England RU squad?Surely it makes a mockery of international sport if a club tries to buy a player on the basis that part of the funding effectively comes from the international arm of the sport on the basis that said player gets straight into the international squad? If that is happening where is the integrity in sport? May as well sanction drugs use, betting, etc!