Wales coach John Kear has suggested the World Cup go ahead without the Kangaroos and Kiwis if those nations are unable to send teams to England at the end of the year.
It s unlikely that this will come to pass but it s worth the experiment - how strong would the teams be if the Kangaroos and Kiwis were to select Super League-based players, such as James Maloney, Matt Prior, Jackson Hastings, Dean Whare, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Thomas Leuluai.
Australia overlooked the likes of Ricky Stuart, Laurie Daley, Steve Renouf, Glenn Lazarus and Allan Langer during the Super League war and won the 1995 World Cup against the odds with a team of ARL-aligned players.
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Unless more is done to attract investors to the local industry, the sector risks losing out to global competitors.
A drone fitted with a multi-spectral camera records the crop health and plant growth of blue agave plants at a plantation in the Whitsundays, Queensland.Â
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Changing market needs and wider megatrends are challenging Australiaâs strong, successful history in agriculture. Australiaâs agtech research is world renowned but the lack of capital investment is making it challenging for local players to commercialise and deploy the solutions to help farmers at home and export to the globe at scale.