if we are to foget about pryce and peakock i would go with



1. widdop

2. smith

3. shenton

4. atkins

5. hall

6. s tomkins

7. eastmond

8.morley

9. roby

10. graham

11. elliss

12. clough

13. s burgess



14. myler/lunt

15. carvell

16. b harrison

17. j tomkins/lynch

Widdop

Hall

Bridge

Atkins

Fox

Tomkins

Eastmond

Graham

Roby

Morley

Westwood

Ellis

Sinfield



Burgess

J.Tomkins

Crabtree

Myler / McGuire

Widdop

Fox

Atkins

Bridge

Hall

Sam

Eastmond

Graham

Sinfield

Burgess

Ellis

Joel

O'Loughlin



Westwood

Roby

Morley

Fielden



Our backs are starting to look better!



Players like Gardner & Crabtree shouldnt be anywhere near a England shirt IMO, i wouldnt even take them at Wigan

Yeah that's partly why I played Atkins too.

Lets face it as much as we would like to see them in there is no way Gleeson & Fielden will be in they'll probably never play for England/GB again we are talking about a guy who selects Willie Manu after all at best we will have Sam, Lockers and at a stretch Joel though i won't hold my breath with Joel as i said we are talking about an England team coached by McNamara.

S Tomkins

Briscoe

Atkins

Shenton

Hall

McGuire

Eastmond

Morley

Sinfield

Graham

Ellis

Westwood

O' Loughlin



Roby

Burgess

Lynch

J Tomkins

Ripped from the VT thread



1. Widdop

2. Hall

3. Atkins

4. Shenton

5. T.Briscoe

6. S.Tomkins

7. Eastmond

8. Morley

9. McGuire

10. Graham

11. Burgess

12. Ellis

13. O'Loughlin



14. Roby

15. Westwood

16. Crabtree

17. J.Tomkins

1. Tomkins

2. Hall

3. Atkins/Bridge

4. Shenton/Bridge

5. T. Briscoe

6. McGuire

7. Eastmond

8. Morley

9. Sinfield

10. Graham

11. Ellis

12. J. Tomkins

13. O'Loughlin



14. Roby

15. Burgess

16. Westwood

17. Widdop (Utility Back)

I haven't seen anything of Gareth Widdop, is he so good? Odd to see an NRL reserve in every line up

1 Sam Tomkins (i'd rather have him at 6 but not sure who else we could play at FB. Widdop is not ready for the 4 nations yet)



2 Tom Briscoe (Been impressed every time i've seen Hull, strong for his size too)



3 Bridge (As long as he regains his form before the end of the season)



4 Shenton (Good defender, improving in attack)



5 Hall (Big & Quick, good finisher and probably the best english winger at the moment)



6 Maguire (Didn't rate him as much more that a finisher untill the past year or so but there semms to be a lot more to his game now. Last chance saloon though as he has not peformed at international level yet)



7 Eastmond (No brainer as long as he is fit)



8 Morley (Captain)



9 Sinfield (Unfortunatly, Cant believe our best hooker is a loose forward)



10 Graham (No Brainer)



11 Sam Burgess (As Graham)



12 Ellis (As Graham)



13 O'loughlin (Best season for a long time)



As for the bench, the bigger the better plus replacement hooker



14 Roby

15 Scruton (not sure if fit though)

16 Crabtree

17 Westwood



Unlucky to miss out, Joel Tomkins, Jamie Langley, Paul Wood & Ben Harrisson.



I'd rather have Leon Pryce and Sam Tomkins switching between FB an SO if Pryce is fit.

Hes not had that much first grade expirience, although he is better than the other candidates given that we need Sam at 6 IMO

I think people are sold on the fact that if he's getting a few games for Melbourne, then he is probably better than anything we have right now, despite most people never seeing him play



Which i'd go along with, retarded as it sounds