Thats what i have said before rowly, glad you brought it up again, i think Sonny Bill Williams needs to have someone sit down with him and explain the future of rugby league,(take him by the hand)
the international game is starting to take shape, these guys who are treading off to union should have the plan explained to them. Mark Gasnier is another one who seems out of sorts with his future, weather its the money they are chasing or some other reason, we are not quite sure , but i do know that money talks.
It has been mentioned in a rugby league post that France is still threatening guys who join league to boycott their bussiness. We have a long way to go to cut this sort of crap out of our game. Maybe having a league talent like gasnier go and play union might speed the process up a bit over there, for every gasnier we lose, their are 5 juniors waiting to come through.
Like i have mentioned earlier, once we get the melbourne and west aussies back in the comp, the talent pool have increased by nearly a third in the next 10 years, by then our world cup will be in a better position to grow the game. The 10 year plan mapped out by the r.l.i.f would have this in mind, and by then i think the bidding for a world cup would start to take shape, France and America would be likely bidders. England and Australia would also love to have the game but we have to start expanding.
I have mentioned just have the world cup in oz every 4 years, but i was being greedy. You would easily be able to do this by having the games played in every state.