Former Great Britain international Garry Schofield has questioned the validity of Adrian Morley's imminent 50th cap.
GB legend Schofield to challenge RFL over prop's 50th cap
Former Great Britain international Garry Schofield has questioned the validity of Adrian Morley's imminent 50th cap against Australia on Saturday.
Morley is set to become the most capped British player in history when he faces the Kangaroos in the Four Nations final, taking the outright record of 49 from Schofield and Mick Sullivan.
But when Great Britain caps are taken in isolation, Sullivan and Schofield's mark of 46 is still well ahead of Morley's tally of 30.
And former Golden Boot winner Schofield has revealed he will lobby the Rugby Football League to keep his and Sullivan's record as Great Britain cap holders intact.
"I'm going to debate it because from mine and Mick Sullivan's point of view it's always been Great Britain caps," he told
Sky Sports News Radio.
"We always had 46, we didn't have 49, so whoever's added this on from there - it's going to be debated."
Schofield insists he also has a claim to the outright record as one of his appearances for Great Britain, against a Rest of the World side, was not counted for a cap.
Not counted
"I played for Great Britain against the Rest of the World and it wasn't counted as an appearance for Great Britain," the former Leeds player said.
"This is going to open a whole can of worms for players who have played for Great Britain and England. All the appearances are going to be re-changed.
"I spoke to some friends yesterday about it and they just kept saying that I've only got 46. I was trying to say to them I've got 49 and they said to me, 'England doesn't count the same as Great Britain, and that's a fact'."
He added: "If he's the most capped England player then fair enough, but to say that myself and Mick Sullivan have got 49 caps is totally wrong."
Schofield, who scored 31 tries during his Lions career, also believes that England caps should not be thought of as equivalent to those earned for Great Britain.
He said: "The fact of the matter is the concepts are totally different.
"They were proper Test matches (for Great Britain) whereas some of these England games haven't been Test matches, they've just been internationals.
"Myself and Mick are very proud from a Great Britain caps point of view and the RFL are going to hear some strong words from Garry Schofield about it."
