HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
I would go for a team which had 18 literal demons from hell in it if Kalyn was playing fullback.
RLWC 2026
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HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Yeah but I think Campbell didn’t get the surgery till he didn’t get picked. Likewise I’ve heard Duncan would have been available.
Frank McWilliams
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
The selection of players for all the Countries is mostly those that have commenced, developed and played in Australia along with a smattering of English and Nz.
Many players, especially the Pacific Island countries played for Australia prior to the game expanding, the only International game was Aust v England that is all now changing and with mixed origins many players can now claim to be available to play for more than one country.
On a personal level I would think that most would support country of origin with second and third choices being swayed with own team (Knights) favourite players like hoping Ponga, Young and other have strong games in winning teams but not so much against Aust.
A lot of Knights supporters are likely attached to teams through family heritage and rightly have strong attachments to support them and any support of any team by whoever should be encouraged rather than ridiculed.
Many players, especially the Pacific Island countries played for Australia prior to the game expanding, the only International game was Aust v England that is all now changing and with mixed origins many players can now claim to be available to play for more than one country.
On a personal level I would think that most would support country of origin with second and third choices being swayed with own team (Knights) favourite players like hoping Ponga, Young and other have strong games in winning teams but not so much against Aust.
A lot of Knights supporters are likely attached to teams through family heritage and rightly have strong attachments to support them and any support of any team by whoever should be encouraged rather than ridiculed.
Matty James
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Never said I was going against them, did I?
lol ok
Matty James
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Am I going for Australia? Yes. Obviously…Well it’s implicit in saying you wouldn’t mind seeing kiwis win
Would I be mad if New Zealand won? No.
If they got the win it wouldn’t bother me that much as it’d be good for the growth of the game. As others have already mentioned, I’d rather see our own players do well for their respective teams than be excited for Kevvie backing his favourite boys.
In my personal opinion, Internationals got a bit tiresome during the Smith/Thurston/Slater etc era as Australia were always winning or expected to win. Yeah it was great and all, but got boring after a while.