I want to bum Jarryd so badly. Oooooh, Jarryd Hayne. I love him I love him I love him so so so much. So very much.

Anybody says anything bad about our Jarryd and they'll get MMA because Ive got superior hand speed and take down skills.

no worrie's mate

Briscoe
Fox
Shenton
Atkins
Hall
Tomkins
Myler
Morley
Roby
Peacock
Ellis
Westwood
O Loughlin

Higham
Graham
Burgess
Wild

why is he doing something morally wrong?

He opted to play for Scotland at a time when his chances of playing for England were much more remote yet the platform of international games would offer him a pathway to Great Britain selection and games against Australia and New Zealand.

The Rugby football league then moved the goalposts by disbanding Great Britain and therefore removing any possibility of any representatives from the Celtic nations playing against the top two in the world.

The only way to restore that pathway is to become eligible for England and therefore create the possibility of playing in the four Nations.

Removing Great Britain was no small thing, had the Rugby league made their intentions known to players like Danny Brough etc they might never have aligned themselves with other countries.

The fault here lies not with the players but with the administration.

You fed the troll!!!

well lets hope he chokes on it

We'd need more experience in the halves against the Aussies. Imo you'd need one of Myler/Eastmond/Tomkins then one of Brough/Burrow

or someone else.

1 paul wellens
2 tom briscoe
3 martin gleeson
4 michael shenton
5 ryan hall
6 leon pryce
7 rob burrow
8 adrian morley
9 james roby
10 jamie peacock
11 sam burgess
12 garreth ellis
13 sean o' loughlin

14 danny mcguire
15 james graham
16 jon wilkin
17 jamie langley (would have picked gareth hock)

rest of squad from
shaun briscoe, peter fox, ryan atkins, ritchie myler, louie mccarthy scarsbrook, eorl crabtree, ben westwood, scott moore

is it a 25 man squad?

if so id go..................

FB - Briscoe

Wings - Fox, Hall, Riley

Centres - Senior, Shenton, Atkins, Pryce

Half backs - Myler, McQuire, Tomkins

Hookers - Diskin, Roby

Props - Peacock, Morley, Graham, Crabtree, Carvell

2nd row - Ellis, Burgess, Wilkin, JJB, Westwood

Loose - Sinfield, O'Loughlin

and probably have the 17 emboldened

Only one prop on the bench?


Graham should be used from start, as should Peacock, two of Morley, Carvell, Lynch, Crabtree & -dare i say it? - Faasavalu should be used from bench for impact.

Other than that it looks an okay team, apart from I wouldn't take Burrow or Gleeson.

Morley, Peacock, Graham and Carvell would be my props.

I'd probably agree, but it would be a certainty for me that Peacock and Graham should be starters. Burgess has been ripping it up as impact prop in the last few games though so that would be another option.

It's been said 1000times, but Sinfield is not at all big enough to play in the pack against the Aussies or Kiwis.

Good call on Burgess. Plenty of impact.
Burgess has enough energy to fill in at second row if needed in my opinion so would be a great player to have on the bench.

Yeah, I still don't think he's a Loose though, although he did play a blinder against the french.


I'd see him mostly as a prop, who can also play in the back row.

Absolutely spot on.

My 25 man squad (I'll do it like the above):


FB : Briscoe

Wings : Hall Fox Halley (for FB cover too)

Centres : Atkins Shenton Yeaman

Halves : Tomkins Brough Pryce ( Can cover other areas too)

Hookers : Moore Roby Godwin

Props : Peacock Morley Graham Burgess ( Back Row too) Carvell

Second Row : Ellis Westwood Langley Wilkin Wild

Loose : O'Loughlin Westerman

I like the idea of Pryce at centre. He's been absolute pish at half back internationally.
Still makes me sad when I see Ben Westwood in an England squad. Are we really that bad?

From my point of view,

He's excellent in defence

He offers a bit more aggression

He always seems to play with pride


I'd love to see him play over JJB anyday.

Brough not being picked should have nothing to do with morals. Its just common sense, he's played for another nation (other than England), therefore he shouldn't be picked for England.

I'd pick the squad that gives us the best chance of winning.


If that includes Brough then so be it.

this would be my squad of 25.

Full Back - Shaun Briscoe , Matty Blaymire
Wingers - Ryan Hall , Shaun Ainscough , Leroy Cudjoe
Centres - Ryan Atkins , Michael Shenton , Lee Gilmour
Halves - Sam Tomkins , Danny Brough , Rob Burrow , Luke Robinson.
Props - Andy Lynch , James Graham , Adrian Morley , Jamie Peacock , Sam Burgess.
Sencond Rows - Gareth Ellis , Jon Wilkin, Stephen Wild, Carl Ablett
Hookers - James Roby , Scott Moore
Loose Forwards - Kevin Sinfield , Jamie Langley

1) Shaun Briscoe
2) Ryan Hall
3) Lee Gilmour
4) Ryan Atkins
5) Leroy Cudjoe
6) Danny Brough
7) Rob Burrow
8 Adrian Morley
9) Scott Moore
10) Jamie Peacock
11) Gareth Ellis
12) Jon Wilkin
13) Kevin Sinfield

14) James Roby
15) James Graham
16) Sam Burgess
17) Stephen Wild

Salford half-back Stefan Ratchford was the surprise inclusion when England coach Tony Smith announced the first batch of players for his Four Nations train-on squad.

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Rob Burrow....

Ill wait and see what the squad is.