Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:15 pm  

Will he have to sing the national anthem ? , just another joke selection by our wonderful coach..

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:26 pm  

Its already been said on here, but Rangi Chase is not and never will be English.
If the RFL are serious about developing the international game then this sort of thing is unacceptable. At least find a grandparent with an English accent.
Plus, how will the real English lads ever gain experience.

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:42 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Its already been said on here, but Rangi Chase is not and never will be English.
If the RFL are serious about developing the international game then this sort of thing is unacceptable. At least find a grandparent with an English accent.
Plus, how will the real English lads ever gain experience.

Chase playing for England is not the issue. Players like Korkidas and those of his skill level are. Those are the players (and more importantly the coaches who sign them) stopping progression into the national side because they can't get in their club sides.

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:05 pm  

Oh dear, that green eyed monster is such a terrible thing, 3 pages on a Cas players decision to declare himself available for England. The site will go into meltdown now Rangi has been anounced as Man of Steel

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:28 pm  

hes entitled to man of steel, deserves it... but not an england shirt... total disgrace and i would never boo tomkins or any english born player playing for england but rangi should get rotten tomatoes if he pulls on a white and red shirt...

utter garbage rfl
sort it out

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:39 pm  

They Call Me Trinity wrote:

hes entitled to man of steel, deserves it... but not an england shirt... total disgrace and i would never boo tomkins or any english born player playing for england but rangi should get rotten tomatoes if he pulls on a white and red shirt...

utter garbage rfl
sort it out

Why single out the player? He was invited to play, he didn't ask to.

It's those who make the rules who should be taken to task here.

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:24 pm  

BECAUSE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO HE WAS TALKING HIMSELF UP FOR A KIWI JERSEY... AFTER ALL HE IS A KIWI...

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm  

cas69 wrote:

Oh dear, that green eyed monster is such a terrible thing, 3 pages on a Cas players decision to declare himself available for England. The site will go into meltdown now Rangi has been anounced as Man of Steel

No green eyed monster here. Rangi Chase is a class act and I would be delighted if he payed for us and I have no problem with him being Man of Steel - I would go further and say I think he thoroughly deserves it.

But what he does not deserve is to play for England. I may be old fashioned but I'm English. I was born in England as was my Father and Mother and I'm proud to be English. I cannot accept that someone who comes over here to earn a living can after a few years play for the National Team. I don't care if Australia do it, England Cricket do it or whoever, its wrong in my opinion.

What next a team of antipodeans who have been over here for a few years play and beat Australia as England - what a hollow victory that would be and I'd rather continue to lose as a team of Englishmen and retain some pride and credibility.

The RFL are a laughing stock in my eyes and I no longer have any interest in the International game.

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:54 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

So maybe with a number of Antipodeans playing for England via the residence clause we may even win the Four Nations, or even the World Cup.

What a hollow victory that would be.

Stop Moaning we might actually win something with the quality of Rangi if you had him you would not be posting anti cas literature

Re: Chase for England. : Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:08 pm  

I know in the cricket team there has been a lot of criticism but at least in most those cases they have at least one English parents and in a lot of occasions like Strauss the England Captain, his parents moved back to England when he was kid after they were working abroad . Someone changing nationalities later in life and for what seem weak reasons at best should be a no no.