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Watkins has been gash all season.
Even if you judge him on his past history in an England shirt he was gash last year.
O' Laughlin is a great player but I am not convinced about his fitness. A fully firing fit rested O'Loughlin would be good.
I also don't get the hardaker and hall selections from Bennetts list I rate hall very highly but his injuries and I think a couple of performances this year have been poor.'"
He hasn't been gash. He's been in a rubbish team. His defence has been fine and he's the finest athlete we have in the game over here. It's also not as though there's plenty of English centres banging on the door for selection.
Personally I wouldn't have O'Loughlin in the team but if he's captain then he has to play. If he weren't captain then I'd replace him with Whitehead and bring Westerman on to the bench.