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Apparently the next one is already nearly sold out too.

Plus the real possibility of one or more of the "warm-up" matches being lost by England would do more harm than good.

The problem is t that there is curtain raisers, it's the order. The headliner should be the test, not the Championship game.

Is it really no better? Playing as curtain raiser is pathetic.

English RL deserves everything it gets. Why should the Kangaroos taint their brand by playing England?

And at the moment they're Qld Cup or NSW Cup players.

KPP didn't play any NRL last year either so, no. They're not. They're former players.

Unless the official club websites have a problem only Kennar and Pole have played NRL this year.

There's nearly as many London products in the NRL as Melbourne products. Further backs up the point of how hard it is for RL in Melbourne.

That's not true when there is no minimum spend. You aren't playing for anything. You're just poor.

So 7 out of a possible 20 GF spots. And out of 60 spots there's been 12 different teams? Ok? And 11 out of 20 CC finalists. None of this really kills my argument although it's a strawman. I never said anything about different teams making finals. Just that 4 or 5 have any chance in any given year.

Have you missed the last decade of the game where there are only 4 or 5 competitive teams and the rest race to 11th where they're safe? Get a grip.

There was always going to be a problem in the change-over unfortunately. It just so happens to be London.