Quote tugglesf78="tugglesf78":td05623zI just do not look forward to games now that it isn’t Great Britain. All the history of the games seems somewhat lost nowadays.
I feel like a line has been drawn under all that has gone before and that the current international setup bears no real reflection to the classic GB v Aus tests. I hate to appear downbeat, but it is just the way (and the majority of my mates) feel.
That aside it is fantastic that the big games are on the beeb, let’s hope they throw some serious cash into promoting the series.'"
was a bit of a joke before, there was nothing apart from GB, Aus and NZ. I imagine part of the plan in splitting up GB is that you will have 2 semi-competitive teams in Wales and Scotland, as well as generating the game in France.
If we were to grow the game across the France in particular it wouldn't do much good if the international team kept getting batter and never be competitive. The seperation of GB kind of leads to a 2nd tri-nations in Wales, Scotland and France.
Plus seperating the teams could lead to it meaning more to Welsh and Scots, a lot of the time GB was just made up of a large amount of English players and perhaps can attach themselves better to individual nations.
All in all, it means there's a few more teams to play internationals against.
!). For me it will never be the same unless there is a GB tour or vice versa. If this were to happen I would be over the moon (even if we got spanked)
