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Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:47 pm
by Fujiman
warriors10 posted:
ancientnloyal posted:
I may have spelt 'contrary' wrong.
I for one, although he scored, will not applaud that. I will never cheer him in any GB side as he is not British. This is not racism it's nationalism and what does it say to our youngsters?
Appauled.
I know!
i think i should be allowed to play for Australia because i went on holiday there once!
stupid rule, end of the day he isnt british
Carney wasn't british but he played for us. Didn't hear anybody screaming from the roof tops then :conf:
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:51 pm
by gpartin
Fujiman posted:
warriors10 posted:
ancientnloyal posted:
I may have spelt 'contrary' wrong.
I for one, although he scored, will not applaud that. I will never cheer him in any GB side as he is not British. This is not racism it's nationalism and what does it say to our youngsters?
Appauled.
I know!
i think i should be allowed to play for Australia because i went on holiday there once!
stupid rule, end of the day he isnt british
Carney wasn't british but he played for us. Didn't hear anybody screaming from the roof tops then :conf:
British and Irish Lions!!
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:57 pm
by Fujiman
gpartin posted:
Fujiman posted:
warriors10 posted:
I know!
i think i should be allowed to play for Australia because i went on holiday there once!
stupid rule, end of the day he isnt british
Carney wasn't british but he played for us. Didn't hear anybody screaming from the roof tops then :conf:
British and Irish Lions!!
Great Britain is one of the major national teams playing rugby league. The team is administered by the Rugby Football League (RFL), and is commonly nicknamed the "Lions" or "Great Britain Lions". The RFL has announced that after the 2007 All Golds Tour[1] the Great Britain team will be retired, and that players will be able to represent England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland at the Test level. It is planned that the Great Britain team will come together only for occasional tours, similar to the British and Irish Lions Rugby Union team, such as the one planned for the Southern Hemisphere in 2010.
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:19 pm
by standishwarrior
Fujiman posted:
gpartin posted:
Fujiman posted:
Carney wasn't british but he played for us. Didn't hear anybody screaming from the roof tops then :conf:
British and Irish Lions!!
Great Britain is one of the major national teams playing rugby league. The team is administered by the Rugby Football League (RFL), and is commonly nicknamed the "Lions" or "Great Britain Lions". The RFL has announced that after the 2007 All Golds Tour[1] the Great Britain team will be retired, and that players will be able to represent England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland at the Test level. It is planned that the Great Britain team will come together only for occasional tours, similar to the British and Irish Lions Rugby Union team, such as the one planned for the Southern Hemisphere in 2010.
who out of the gb squad isnt english? come the world cup will the majority of the gb team be representing england?dont think it matters anyway well still get stuffed by the aussie's
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:22 pm
by gpartin
standishwarrior posted:
who out of the gb squad isnt english? come the world cup will the majority of the gb team be representing england?dont think it matters anyway well still get stuffed by the aussie's
Very true! They're so irritatingly good aren't they
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:27 pm
by standishwarrior
gpartin posted:
standishwarrior posted:
who out of the gb squad isnt english? come the world cup will the majority of the gb team be representing england?dont think it matters anyway well still get stuffed by the aussie's
Very true! They're so irritatingly good aren't they
tell me about it!we can live in hope one day we'll give them a good snotting! shame barrett hasnt lived in wigan for 3yrs he'd have done a job for gb!
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:30 pm
by gpartin
standishwarrior posted:
gpartin posted:
standishwarrior posted:
who out of the gb squad isnt english? come the world cup will the majority of the gb team be representing england?dont think it matters anyway well still get stuffed by the aussie's
Very true! They're so irritatingly good aren't they
tell me about it!we can live in hope one day we'll give them a good snotting! shame barrett hasnt lived in wigan for 3yrs he'd have done a job for gb!
Thats part of my argument though, If Barrett was eligible there'd be no complaints on here. Andwe've used loads of loopholes to get players that don;t count on the quota. Rules are rules and you use them your advantage.
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:37 pm
by standishwarrior
its same with feka isnt it? he's playing for samoa in the world cup.
i dont think people would mind with barrett until he picked up an injury then you would get the comment "he should have even been playing for gb"!
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:43 pm
by Sutty
Morph posted:
I've no problem with Mary playing for GB, but only if he has become a British Citizen.
But he hasn't become a British Citizen. He only qualifies because he has lived over here for 4 years. IMO that should not qualify someone to represent that particular national team, no matter what the sport is.
Maybe like Ancient and Loyal, I am too patriotic / nationalistic. If I was good enough at a particular sport, I can't imagine representing a country other than England/GB, even if it was the only way I was going to receive national honours.
Re: Mary Maurie quite cont...
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:54 pm
by robjoenz
If GB has an Aussie coach why not have a Somoan forward?
