FORMER champion Great Britain rugby league star Ellery Hanley admits he can't envisage England surpassing Australia on the international stage in his lifetime. Link www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6396876786 Maybe with more English players going to the NRL this will change. Need some backs though, especially Half's and 5/8s even if they have to work their way into grade.

FORMER champion Great Britain rugby league star Ellery Hanley admits he can't envisage England surpassing Australia on the international stage in his lifetime. Link www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6396876786 Maybe with more English players going to the NRL this will change. Need some backs though, especially Half's and 5/8s even if they have to work their way into grade.

We need less teams in the league as a matter of urgency.

Rubbish we do not need less teams years ago and i know its faster now but years ago their was more teams and they used to work and play rugby we beat them loads of times so why do we need less teams

Move over Sherlock Holmes

Because as Daniel Anderson pointed out when mocking the mess SL has become since he left, there isn't the player pool to support 14 teams. In England the players playing the game at junior level are generally terrible athletes. They are the runts of society, the sons of council house dwellers. So the 'average' SL young player is a sparrow legged runt with average ability. Each club probably produces 3 or 4 reasonable players every 5 years.

They should cut SL to 10 teams.

Two leagues of 10, with P+R -one up, one down

have you ever talked to that suicide helpline in the uk? could help you out. but i would like to point out your talking poopie again, im sure the aussie school boys have been beaten by the english school boys a good few times over the years. the problem isn't the youths mate.

There's nothing wrong, they just have a better starting position in culture with the Aussie public. We're going in the right direction, trust me. I think we'll win something before 2020, i'm sure of it.

tell us something we don't know Ellery

Ex-Rugby League player in pointless limelight grabbing rant shocker.

Maybe Hanly should stop chelping to the Aussies and get involved in the game in this country to try and improve it?