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RWC 2027 Australia

The Ghost of Raelene

John Eales (66)
They are.

It's a hard one to compare the two as international RL never clashes with the Club season in which there are only two fully pro comps in the world. NRL season finishes and everyone is available for someone these days and it's good for them. The RLWC has 5 sides that can win it now when it was 2 for the last 40 years and really 1.

The Clubs definitely pressure some players when they are coming back from injury etc to not play but the windows are simpler and there isn't as many governing in the way. International RL also isn't going to push back on the NRL if the NRL said something so Tonga and Samoa with 90% of their players in the NRL have the backing of Dad.

This could all shift though if we get a Tonga v Samoa RLWC final. Aus, NZ and Eng will demand they go tier 1 which then means players must chose either a country or play SOO. Play SOO and then your'e eligible for Aus only.
 

Strewthcobber

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
National teams like these in rugby league I was under the impression they're full of Australians with overseas-born parents or grandparents
Kind of true of the union teams too, no?

54 out of 70 Samoan and Tongan RWC players born overseas. This is just the story of the PI diaspora, to places with better facilities to produce pro sports people
 

The Ghost of Raelene

John Eales (66)
This can come across the wrong way but I hope people get what I mean when I say it seems a lot more of the Rugby guys seems to be closer to the PI nations in terms of having lived there or parents migrated from there than many of the RL players who from listening to them are are as Aussie as Vegemite but representing through what feels like pride of heritage.

There will be some of them soon not qualify for the PI nations if it's Grandparents with multiple generations being born and raised in Aus.
 

Highlander35

Steve Williams (59)
League still has a hard tier system and calendar year lockout for international eligibility rather than the flat and 3 full years system that Union has for international competition right?
 

Strewthcobber

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
League still has a hard tier system and calendar year lockout for international eligibility rather than the flat and 3 full years system that Union has for international competition right?
Pretty much yep. Aus, NZ and GB tier 1. Can swap between the Tiers easily, but not between the Tier 1s
 

Tomthumb

Jim Lenehan (48)
This can come across the wrong way but I hope people get what I mean when I say it seems a lot more of the Rugby guys seems to be closer to the PI nations in terms of having lived there or parents migrated from there than many of the RL players who from listening to them are are as Aussie as Vegemite but representing through what feels like pride of heritage.

There will be some of them soon not qualify for the PI nations if it's Grandparents with multiple generations being born and raised in Aus.
Yeah because the closer they are to the islands the more ingrained in the rugby culture they will be. Rugby Union is part of the culture over there, League isn't
 
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