Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:54 am  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

Quite simple. You pick either England or Wales, AND IT STAYS THAT WAY, until the end of your career. SHOULD the RFL chose to resurrect the GB brand, the Home Nations entity would be put on hold, and you automatically become eligible for a GB Jersey. Not difficult, is it? You're causing an issue where the wouldn't be one.

The easy way to answer the question is, if England play Wales, who would you support? It might be a different answer in rugby to football, which is fair enough. Lots of British-born people with Pakistani/Indian parents support England in football but Pakistan / India in cricket. If they've got in to football with their friends at school who all support England, but got in to cricket with their family who have always supported their country of origin, its natural to have that kind of separated identity.

It's reasonable to play for two countries if one is a Home Nation and the other is GB. To me that's just like an Aussie playing State of Origin for NSW/Qld and then Australia. I would like them to bring back GB for Test series - can keep the Home Nations for international tournaments. Those two concepts can co-exist. I think the reason they rebranded GB to England was because of applying for Sport England funding. Now, over the next decade we might see that Scotland leaves GB and it becomes just England & Wales, but from a rugby league perspective I don't think that makes much difference as most of the non-England players in GB were traditionally Welsh anyway.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:51 am  

P.s for what its worth I support who ever plays wales the jocks or the paddy's..don't care to much for Aussies either especially in cricket

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 3:08 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

Unfortunately, life has restraints. You have to make decisions in life. Too much me, me, me, I want everything, life's not fair, attitude, in today's society.

Hehehe... says the guy who wants international qualification rules done HIS way!

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 3:35 pm  

DayNearerDying wrote:

Hehehe... says the guy who wants international qualification rules done HIS way!

YES.
Simply because I want someone to make a COMMITMENT to his country., and not just convenience, because the grass is currently greener. Nowt wrong with a bit of loyalty, eh?

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:12 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

Quite simple. You pick either England or Wales, AND IT STAYS THAT WAY, until the end of your career. SHOULD the RFL chose to resurrect the GB brand, the Home Nations entity would be put on hold, and you automatically become eligible for a GB Jersey. Not difficult, is it? You're causing an issue where the wouldn't be one.

For what bizarre reason should someone have to choose one? Like the lad above, he’s as Welsh as he is English, so why should he limit himself to one? What’s he actual reason to do so?

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:41 pm  

The semi final will be Blake’s biggest game so far in a Warrington shirt.
So his performance will give us a marker of how thing sit with him.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:08 pm  

Superblue wrote:

The semi final will be Blake’s biggest game so far in a Warrington shirt.
So his performance will give us a marker of how thing sit with him.

It won’t matter what Austin and Patton do if our pack keep getting dominated. Props lay a platform for half backs to work from. That’s true at State Of Origin level or Saturday afternoon amateur level.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:18 pm  

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

It won’t matter what Austin and Patton do if our pack keep getting dominated. Props lay a platform for half backs to work from. That’s true at State Of Origin level or Saturday afternoon amateur level.

Indeed, and concurred.

However, in a one off game, an inspirational performance from such as Blake could inspire the whole team to outperform.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:30 pm  

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

It won’t matter what Austin and Patton do if our pack keep getting dominated. Props lay a platform for half backs to work from. That’s true at State Of Origin level or Saturday afternoon amateur level.

You were in control for the majority of the first half against Saints and Austin was nowhere to be seen. Not what you expect from a marquee player who’s supposed to be the best in the league.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:13 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

Unfortunately, life has restraints. You have to make decisions in life. Too much me, me, me, I want everything, life's not fair, attitude, in today's society.

Utter tosh. My nephew has 2 passports both countries recognise his right to have 2 nationalities.

The heritage issue is slightly different but it was eloquently stated by the Polish supporter above as to why there is a case to say it is not without merit.

You can have equal commitment to 2 things. I love my nation far less than my children and I love and have passion equally for my kids.

The concept of a nation is important for laws, property rights and cultural identity. It is not key for the right to take to the field for 80 minutes.

Having said all that, Austin should not play because he just ain't good enough.