Come on Baz, did you see what Bradford did in the RU 7's at 'HQ'? They played Saints (i think) 12 hours earlier andf their bus broke down, then they won without trying.

why would we want RL players playing RU? and do you really think the ERU would pick them? We should be introducing RL 9's back into the calendar then in a few years be campaigning for it to be in the C'wealth games.

No... when was this?

As well as SL and the NRL being mid-season, it would be the middle of SA's Currie Cup and NZ's ITM Cup. So it wouldn't just be RL which would have problems.



I'd imagine that the international RU authorities would have to come to an eligibility agreement, preferably amateurs only. In which case, we could encourage some of the BARLA lads to have a go.



On a related note- it's a pipe dream, but it would be nice to see Rugby League Nines in the Commonwealth Games.

It depends on the clubs, really.



I know Huddersfield has stated it will never block a player from representing their country under any circumstances.

why a pipedream? most of the RL playing countries are C'wealth countries. If we established 9's as a bona fide version of the sport I see no reason why it couldn't be in.



Should be a world 9's in Feb each year and knock out 9's comps etc



The spin off in terms of profile for RL could be massive. World 9's in Hong Kong/Dubai/New York etc



Our mining village mentality and poor administrators are the only thing holding this great game back

Its the fringe players who need a bit of experience if they're young or need some game time if they're older that get the call. Henry Paul was a regular on the 7's circuit for England for a while when he couldn't get a game with the team he was signed for. Hefin O'Hare, who is signed on for the Glasgow Warriors, was playing for Scotland this time around.



I think for it to become a Commonwealth game it needs not only to be play in a certain amount of countries, but also have a certain amount of national governing bodies in those countries,all ofwhich have to deal with amateur and elite participation. As well as regular comps and bits and pieces that I can't see the RLIF having chance to sort.

Now I have a great fondness for Hefin O'Hare from his Huddersfield days...but if he is an example of international 7s then the RFL could send a team from Championship clubs, never mind the best of Super League!

It was quite a shock to hear the commentator say "And, Hefin O'Hare has just come off the bench for Scotland".

It will be tricky to get any siff of League in even those most places play it.



So why not go with my idea of putting a union team in and a league team. Union 7 is so much like league anyway. No wonder the union cant get enough of it.

2002 Baz, Bradford played Saints I think on the Friday night, then travelled to London with a sevens squad, who all had played against Saints. Bus broke down, got to their hotel at about 4am. 2 or 3 hours kip, tipped up at "Twickers" and wiped the floor with everyone. Made me chuckle

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