We know how rugby league representative eligibility laws can be bent and even broken but as things stand, Radradra can be shunned by Australia for the next 18 months and still be disqualified from representing the Bati until 2018. His 'mistake' was the play in the 2014 Pacific Test for Fiji against Samoa at Penrith. International eligibility resets after World Cups and you only become tied to a country after you wear its colours. On the rise: Roosters forward Dylan Napa. Credit:Getty Images Had he not played right centre in Fiji's 32-16 loss that night, Radradra would have been able to informally declare his allegiance to Australia and then wait to see if he was picked before declaring his hand. Instead, he has formally changed his country of election, despite being advised against the move by some NRL officials. In many ways, this is a player trying to back a representative team into picking him. Had he simply written a letter stating his intention to apply for a change of election if chosen, Australian selectors could have used his "lack of complete commitment to the cause" as reason for omitting him. By throwing away half a dozen guaranteed international caps for Fiji in the hope of getting just one for Australia, Radradra has dared Australia to call his bluff and omit the form winger in the competition.

They should absolutely do so. Danger man: Anthony Milford. Credit:Getty Images There are only 32 full-time professional rugby league clubs in the world and 30 of them are in Australia and England. If Australia and England start using the residency rule, they can basically pick any full-time player who comes from anywhere and the rest of the national teams will get their leftovers. If Australia, for legal reasons, cannot tell us it left out Radradra for because he is Fijian I'll accept a nod and a wink.

Blue and gold to green and gold: Eels winger Semi Radradra. Credit:Brendon Thorne Which brings us to Anthony Milford and Dylan Napa. Unlike Radradra, they have not played Test football for anyone this cycle. They are banned from Queensland selection and there are indications the ban will carry over in the Australian team (Walters thought this excessive, Daley supported it). Napa is a Cook Islands international, Milford a World Cup star for Samoa. Both countries have games in the rep round - Cook Islands against Lebanon at Belmore on the Sunday, Samoa against Tonga at Pirtek on the Saturday. Neither Milford nor Napa has to change his country of election to play in these games because - as I've said - they've not played Test football since 2013. So, should they play? Should their coaches pick them?

The rules as they apply to Radradra provide a salutary lesson here. If they play, they only have one throw of the dice before the World Cup next year. Queensland will insist they change their country of election if they want to play Origin in 2017. Effectively, if Milford plays for Samoa next month he is tied to Australia until after the World Cup. You read that right. It's inevitable he will switch back and he can only do it once. The same goes for Napa. So the question Matt Parish and Kevin Iro must contemplate is: is there a chance this fellow will miss Australian selection at the World Cup and we can get him to change his country of election before the tournament? Based on this train of thought, I'd be picking Milford for the Pacific Test but not trying to get Napa on the field against the Cedars. Book here