Quote Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa View Post
There's only about 4 teams that play rugby outside of the British Isles. There's been pressure before on the home nations to amalgamate. I can't say I'm bothered to watch England-lite.
Nobody in world football wants the home nations to amalgamate, why would they?
What FIFA members do want is for thee to be more equal representation on IFAB. The committee that sets the rules of the game, which has a representative from each of the 4 home nations, and all other nations have 4 representatives between them.
Wales and Northern Ireland have a far far greater say on the fundamental rules of the game than Brazil, Germany or Italy, and that doesn't seem right.
The idea of being g forced to merge into one team was spread around in reaction to this.