Simple poll; Would you like to see the War of the Roses return?

What would it achieve?

No, not at all. It fell down last time as it's an archiological rivalry. I'm from Warrington and feel absolutely no connection to Lancashire at all. To me it's a county down the M6 which covers the Preston/Blackpool sort of area.

Yorkshire Vs Oldham and Rochdale. Not much of a contest really.

There is a case that it could be used as the curtain raiser for the (hopefully) annual Exiles game as a way of identifying future England players, although the risk of injury wold put most coaches (and fans) off.

Would require a free weekend though to make it viable.

Easts V Wests would be better suited, overseas players should play in the games as well, and it should be down to which area you play in rather than origin of birth!

We'd get bloody murdered though!!

It's had it's day IMO. It was tried again and folk didn't get behind it.

If both front rows had erupted and had a 5 minute brawl with fisticuffs galore then it might have created some talking points and folk left itching for the next match.

Instead it was a half hearted damp squib of an event.

Or to have an equally arbitrary construct, why not have two teams made-up of those who's last names begin from A-M, and N-Z, and call it "A-Z Origin!", and have it sponsored by Heinz Alphabetti Spaghetti.

So do New South Wales but that doesn't stop them!

Might stop 8 of your players being picked like in the exiles game, then bombing an easy point you lost at odsal

Easts versus Wests for me as well, club orientated with 2 overseas guest players on each side. Lancashire versus Yorkshire is old hat, east origin v west origin means two decent sides, majority from Huddersfield/Leeds/Bradford against majority from wigan/Warrington/St Helens.