Dobson can apply for British citizanship at the end of this season, which in effect would make him eligable for selection for the england world cup team. Faasavalu, manu etc have done it so why not have the best scrum half (possibly player) in the team.
hat are your thoughts, bearing in mind the england cricket and union teams, ireland footie team and even the aussie league team seem to have been doing it for some years.

No thanks. I want English people to play for England.

Danny Brough should have been in the England squad last year. Massive error.

would be better off persuading danny brough to come back to the england team.

Can't do that. Once you've played for a team, you can't change until the next World Cup cycle. Brough kept his allegiance to Scotland, so I believe can only play for them until after next World Cup.

I wouldn't mind at all, I also wouldn't mind Chase after next season playing for England if the Kiwis are stupid enough not to select him again this time around.

Suppose it will depend if he stays in SL or goes back home to the NRL.

No, no, no. This citizenship rule is garbage. Like Clint Greenshields playing for France the other year, its pathetic!

Using the citizenship rule would be taking a huge step backwards in my view. I think things have improved a lot in youth development in the last two or three years and I think come 2013 we will have a big pool of talent to choose from - a luxury we haven't had since.........well I can't remember.

The problem England had last year was we had a good set of 30+ year old experienced players then a load of good 25 and below players but in the 26-30 age range we had hardly any quality to call upon. That tells you things had gone wrong in youth development in the early years of Super League but I think things are improving and with it the England team will to.

As the OP says, why should we be all high and mighty when the Aussies and Kiwis have been doing it for years? Stoop to their level and we might win a test series or two.

Dobson was an aussie schoolboy so just doesn't sit right for me, but then if we're a better team becuase of him then we have to do it as the other nations go against the spirit of the game.

He is the type of player England are crying out for, Danny Brough is improving so hopefully we can bend the rules to suit ourselves like a true aussie and get him in too, two top class half backs.

I might be mistaken, but AFAIK the world cup has nothing to do with it. There has to be a year inbetween representing one country and representing another.

Is he going to?

Dobson's not good enough for England. Brough's problem is the same as Robinson's, they've had to wait a long time to be considered good enough for England (in Brough's case he decided not to wait), and in reality they've only got to this stage because we're pathetically weak in some key playmaking positions. Myler has yet to develop beyond being an over-hyped youngster, Eastmond looks like he's going to RU, and Tomkins is being wasted at fullback.

Not convinced about Rangi Chase for England either, don't thnk he is any better than any of the standoff's we've already got.