Radley an Englishman!

[Paddo Colt 61]

I'm sure that his Dad, a self employed tradie I presume (one needs to have some amount of personality to stay in business), and a Northerner at that, would be pretty loquacious and as a kid growing up Rads would have heard endless memories of "home". Picture the young Vic at the dinner table fascinated by stories of her valleys and ways or, maybe, it was the labyrinthine personality of Brian Cluff or Benny Hill or the Goons or all the other cultural joys that we've inherited from England. He would have a strong emotional attachment to all that, I feel similarly about Ireland. And he clearly loves his father. Origin wouldn't come into it.

[Paddo Colt 61]

I dunno, I find the baiting of the King a bit much. I love reading witty jousts and there are plenty on here but the tone of the dialogue in Salvo's case has shades of malevolence and the "hey chill just jokin' stuff doesn't make up for it. I have my issues with the King and he can be annoying but he is also a font of interesting detail - every Fan site needs a King. Frankly the dialogue verges on bullying but the Right Wing brigade would reject that I'm sure.

[Kelby]

Could be worse .................
he could become a sausage eater @ souffs............

Oz or English, who cares!

[King Salvo]

The International Rugby League board has updated rules regarding the eligibility of players for international matches.

The changes were made following a review and consultation with the membership and they come into effect immediately.

The rules only apply to fully sanctioned international matches.

The key points are:

• Eligibility to represent a nation is based upon the birthplace of the player, the birthplace of any parent or grandparent, or residency over a five-year period.
• A player can only elect to represent one nation in any calendar year
• ‘Electing’ to represent a country has changed from playing for that country to being named in a 19-man squad (or final tournament squad in a sanctioned 9s competition) for that country.
• A player eligible for any nations other than Australia, England, New Zealand can only make one switch between those nations in a four-year period. Players qualified for Australia, England and New Zealand plus any other nation can make multiple switches however they can only elect to represent one nation in any calendar year.
• Players can only represent one of Australia, England or New Zealand in a career, even if eligible for more than one of those nations. If eligible they can play for nations outside of those three.
• Players cannot represent Australia or New Zealand if they have elected to represent Great Britain and vice versa.
• No player can play for more than one country in any recognised global event.

To put the rules in to context, Australian-born Jackson Hastings has elected to play for England and will not be able to represent his country of birth once he makes his England debut. Once Hastings plays for England, he would never be allowed to play for Australia.

And the same rules apply to Warrington half-back Blake Austin, who elected to play for Great Britain via family heritage last year.

Warrington forward Joe Philbin has played for Ireland via the family heritage rule but he was born in England, so he could still represent England and Ireland in the future. But Philbin would not be able to play for England or Ireland in the same calendar year

Seems out of kilter as players eligible to play for Tier 1 nations New Zealand/Australia/England/Great Britain can also player for Tier 2 Nations and vice Versa. Also players can play SOO as long as they only play for Tier 2 National sides.

Gees how long does Tonga/PNG/Fiji for instance stay as Tier 2 Nations?

Cricket at least added a couple more countries as full ICC members - Afghanistan and Ireland - IRL has only 3 Tier 1 Nations.

Time they change the SOO eligibility rules -(you must have either been born in the state, lived in the state before your 13th birthday, or your father played State of Origin for one of the states) and let anyone play based on the current state eligibility rule and or the state they nominate to represent if they don't meet the state eligibility rule when playing in the NRL.

[redwhiteblue]

Seems out of kilter as players eligible to play for Tier 1 nations New Zealand/Australia/England/Great Britain can also player for Tier 2 Nations and vice Versa. Also players can play SOO as long as they only play for Tier 2 National sides.

Gees how long does Tonga/PNG/Fiji for instance stay as Tier 2 Nations?

Cricket at least added a couple more countries as full ICC members - Afghanistan and Ireland - IRL has only 3 Tier 1 Nations.

Time they change the SOO eligibility rules -(you must have either been born in the state, lived in the state before your 13th birthday, or your father played State of Origin for one of the states) and let anyone play based on the current state eligibility rule and or the state they nominate to represent if they don't meet the state eligibility rule.

I can't find anything scheduled for 2023 for the English team as yet to answer your question about what would happen if Victor was required. I'm curious to know too..I wonder if he'll be like our beloved Morley and get sent off before I'd finished pouring the popcorn into the bowl... 12 seconds was all it took...I'd been out seeing a musical, got home, turned on the telly, grabbed the popcorn and this is what happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWqvmGddkyw

[zac]

international league needs all the help it can get. yeah, it's about representing your country but if all aussies played for australia then international league would be dead. it's give and take. it'll be good to see teddy and rads go toe to toe

[redwhiteblue]

international league needs all the help it can get. yeah, it's about representing your country but if all aussies played for australia then international league would be dead. it's give and take. it'll be good to see teddy and rads go toe to toe

That's a great point Zac. I'm old enough to remember the old QLD v NSW matches before Origin was invented (I was in high school when it started) and NSW just kept winning all the time as the good players had all transferred down here to play for what was then 12 Sydney teams.

[redwhiteblue]

I dunno, I find the baiting of the King a bit much. I love reading witty jousts and there are plenty on here but the tone of the dialogue in Salvo's case has shades of malevolence and the "hey chill just jokin' stuff doesn't make up for it. I have my issues with the King and he can be annoying but he is also a font of interesting detail - every Fan site needs a King. Frankly the dialogue verges on bullying but the Right Wing brigade would reject that I'm sure.

I took you off block to like your post. Yes I was having a giggle myself at one stage but then it just got a bit much and I apologise for doing that. For me personally, I enjoy stats (which equals facts as far as I'm concerned) as I deal with them all day at work and it can really tell a story about how a team is travelling. I find King Salvo's posts linking to sites interesting as I love research too and I do it all day for work and for family and friends all the time as I'm so used to looking for info for deadlines etc. People do have the option of bypassing them and not clicking on the information..it's not mandatory..there's no test, exam or quiz at the end......I learn a lot from being on here about the game as its evolving all the time. My knowledge is stuck in the 70's and 80's along with my musical knowledge and I freely admit that..

[King Salvo]

I can't find anything scheduled for 2023 for the English team as yet to answer your question about what would happen if Victor was required. I'm curious to know too..I wonder if he'll be like our beloved Morley and get sent off before I'd finished pouring the popcorn into the bowl... 12 seconds was all it took...I'd been out seeing a musical, got home, turned on the telly, grabbed the popcorn and this is what happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWqvmGddkyw

Strange thing was the post match judiciary deemed the send off a sufficient penalty so no suspension.

Morley would be straight to the judiciary nowadays - High Tackle Reckless - 1st offence - Grade 4 ( 4 matches - 3 early plea ) Grade 5 ( 5 matches - 4 early plea) Grade 6 ( 6 Matches - 5 early plea )

[redwhiteblue]

Strange thing was the post match judiciary deemed the send off a sufficient penalty so no further suspension.

Those were the days...I've been looking forward to this world cup for ages and the more nations involved the better. I really don't mind who plays for whom. I just love the spectacle of it all.

[milanja]

What happened with the Radley incident after origin 2? Was he fined? or was he told he won’t be in the blues squad for some time because of it?

Maybe somebody made this choice easy for Radley?

[rented tracksuit]

What happened with the Radley incident after origin 2? Was he fined? or was he told he won’t be in the blues squad for some time because of it?

Maybe somebody made this choice easy for Radley?

If so, whoever did that is a tosser.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

If so, whoever did that is a tosser.

He has a mini AVO against him now...must remain at least 10 metres apart from Joseph Suaalii.

[rented tracksuit]

He has a mini AVO against him now...must remain at least 10 metres apart from Joseph Suaalii.

Guess that won’t affect us on the field then!

[zac]

Another thing is in a number of sports people can switch countries and represent another country providing they meet the eligibility rules in that particular sport .

How would that work for Radley ?- Tonie Carroll was able to play for New Zealand in 2000 and then Queensland and Australia so he must have "re-qualified" to be able to play for Queensland and Australia.

Not sure what the SOO eligibilty rules were back then as if now Carroll would not be able to play SOO having played for New Zealand a Tier 1 Nation.

Carroll was able to play for Queensland (2003 to 2007 -10 games ) and Australia (2004 - 2005 -6 Tests) after he played 5 tests for New Zealand in 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonie_Carroll


http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/pl...l/summary.html

just remembered that the kiwis played the poms in the u.s. in june 2018 so potentially rads could play a mid season test