England males’s soccer captain Harry Kane has 101 caps. His cricket counterpart Ben Stokes has performed 107 Exams. Rugby union skipper Jamie George has worn the purple rose 93 occasions.
It’s little marvel England rugby league captain George Williams feels barely short-changed – final Sunday, towards Samoa, he made solely his 18th worldwide look, 9 years after his debut.
Whereas different sports activities have a schedule geared in direction of year-round competitors on a global scale, with breaks set within the calendar in some circumstances, rugby league doesn’t have that luxurious.
“Personally I would like to play much more – I really like taking part in for England,” Williams instructed BBC Sport.
“In case you take a look at rugby union, I am unsure what number of precisely they play in a 12 months nevertheless it’s much more than us.”
This 12 months’s Take a look at sequence with Samoa has highlighted the standard inside the England ranks. With a good end up for the spectacular 34-18 win at Wigan in sport one and a bumper gate anticipated for the second assembly in Leeds this Saturday, there’s real trigger for optimism.
But there’s the perennial frustration within the northern hemisphere – for England specifically – that aggressive matches, these appetite-whetting encounters that includes the world’s greatest gamers, are so few and much between.
“There isn’t any disrespect to France, but when we wish to compete within the World Cups, we have to be taking part in towards the very best nations extra commonly,” Williams added.
“Union is a little more worldwide in that they have Argentina and different nations that they will go to, but when we will attempt to get us to 5 to eight video games a 12 months, it could be sensible.
“I am unsure how that appears for Tremendous League however I am simply speaking as a participant. I would like to play for England a bit extra.
“You see lads who’ve performed for England rugby league for 10 years and so they’ve nonetheless solely received 20 caps – it is loopy actually. You see the soccer and the rugby union lads and so they’ve received lots of.”
