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Australian Rugby League chairman Colin Love has questioned the Lincoln World Cup's credibility by saying that games against Russia and Fiji do not deserve to be considered Tests.

At the height of the Super League war the ARL classified 1995 World Cup games as Tests, but they now want to return to their traditional system of making a distinction between Test matches, World Cup games and internationals.

"It's been traditional in the past when you play Great Britain or whoever that it's a Test match but there was a tournament every four years where developing countries are playing and that was the World Cup," Love said.

"We're not changing anything really; it always went down as representing Australia in World Cup matches.

"When you're looking at records, Test matches are considered to be a lot more intense and against more competitive countries and it's not fair to count points scored by a player against Fiji and Russia as opposed to playing Great Britain."

Australia romped home 110-4 in last Saturday's World Cup pool match against Russia in Hull with Ryan Girdler's 34 points breaking the individual record set three days earlier by Mat Rogers in the Kangaroos' 66-8 win over Fiji in Gateshead.

The ARL's plan will go before the next International Federation meeting in February and, if ratified as expected, Girdler's haul will not count as a Test match record.

When Australia was left stranded without any Test opposition during the Super League war, World Cup games were given Test status for the first time.

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