Its a shocking England squad to be honest. Short at Centre and Half Backs. Looks like we've gone with the usual idea of a big pack will win through. For this swaud to be competitive we need to bulk up in positions so i'd go with

1 Widdop
2 Goulding
3 Ellis
4 Shenton
5 Hall
6 Lockers
7 S Tomkins
8 Morley
9 Roby
10 Graham
11 Burgess
12 Westwood
13 J Tomkins

Subs. Fielden, Robinson, Harrison, Crabtree

The forwards look very good, the backs look very bad, simple as that really. I'd line up like this:

Widdop
Briscoe
Shenton
Atkins
Goulding
Brown
Tomkins
Graham
Roby
Morley
Ellis
Westwood
O'Loughlin

Burgess
Griffin
Harrison
Fielden

I think the bench i've gone for highlights just how bad the backs are. Robinson, Crabtree (For a start Keith Mason is better than Crabtree) and Clubb should be no-where near an England International side, and theres also arguments for other players that have been selected. We're struggling.

Burgess on the bench.

Yet everyone on the forum seems to think he is the best forward in the whole goddamn universe?

You will be popular for that post!

Actually the England tour will be short if anything.

They will be on the plane home on November the 7th

Burgess is a quality forward, no doubt about it, even if you don't like to admitt it. Its a 17 man game, and Burgess could offer a lot of impact, wether that be at loose forward, second row or prop.

Harrison over Joel Tomkins? Really?