Roger Tuivasa-Sheck of the Roosters runs with the ball during the First Preliminary Final match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Sydney Roosters. Photo / Getty.
It might be time for a radical step to resuscitate international league.
We always hear about the club versus country tussle but at the moment that battle is incredibly one sided. What the clubs want, they get and the Kiwis in particular often have to put on a brave face.
Not much has changed in a decade remember 2005 when Brian McClennan's team was hit by a slew of club enforced withdrawals?
Maybe league needs to have a look at Fifa's model. Sure you can pull out of the Anzac test, but that means you can't play for your club the following week. Or in the case of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck; they'll miss four internationals, so shouldn't be available for the Roosters until round five of the 2015 NRL season.
"We need the international game you can't just throw it away," said Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens yesterday in a particularly pertinent comment.
