Depends who the coach is, if still McNamara then I don't think he'll opt for him again given Hock's lame "I didn't really do anything wrong" excuse.

If Wane was the next for the job that could be interesting as he had him at Wigan but of course that ended badly with the club. Don't know whether the bad blood between the club and player that came out from it had any effect on Wane's opinion/relationship with Hock in terms of if they would work together again in the future.

the sun would freeze over before Hock would be picked by Wane to play under him again

Why when we have better players who also would be more team orientated.

Ferris is a shoe in and Wigan have a rich vein of young backrowers coming through

NO NO NO NO never again the guy is a total idiot he let all is team mates down if he had not it is possible we might have beet the OZS and not meet new Zealand and got to the final so NO

There's a lot of good English forwards about, many of whom did not make the England squad this year - Danny Kirmond for example. Many are guys who don't carry Hock's issues.

I'd say Hock would have to hit Man of Steel form in order to be back in contention, but given his lack of [ipercentage play[/i I don't think this will occur.
I also don't particularly think that a move to new glamour club Salford will do his outlook any good. He was all set for a fresh start in OZ where he'd have to work his balls off, but I think that at Salford there'll be a lot of ego massaging and pats on the back when they scrape into the playoffs.

International players should not just be good footballers, but role models. For mine, Hock was lucky to be called up following his previous misdemeanours. His childish actions following the Italy game and his further attempts to damage the campaign via the BBC interview mean he should never be allowed near an England jersey again.

No.

No he shouldn't be selected, ever again.

Yes, he does concede alot of penalties, and also posession from offloads which don't come off.

Next question.

On the hole Danny's reputation does better that of Hock, but many twitter users recently learned he's not squeaky clean.

...Or perhaps we learned he is!

Wrong use of English.
"For mine"

Ban him

I believe had he been repentant and apologetic, then form permitting he would have provided something different to England's back row.

However his finger pointing and lack of remorse would make it difficult to bring him back and in my opinion would send out the wrong message to players like Ferres, who came in and did a professional job.

The photos a fake and zdanny Kirmond is furious about it.

I can't see why he was picked for the RLWC squad in the first place. IMO, he's simply too ill disciplined for the modern international game. So, no for me.

No he's a moron off the pitch, and average on the pitch. Penalty and knock-on machine.

Nope, this was his last chance. He's had enough, time for someone else to be given an opportunity.

Hock was in a very privileged position being named as an England representative, his actions were very discourteous to the coach, team mates & fans.

He can hardly use the exuberance of youth as an excuse

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Surely it's up to Hock to prove his doubters wrong and try and get himself into contention.
Having said that, many thought that his form wasn't good enough to earn himself a place this time and then he couldn't behave properly, so it's going to be a long hard road for him to get back in.
IF he was in top form, with decent discipline then he should probably be given a go but, it does seem unlikely.

No, should not be anywhere near the England squad next year and shouldn't of got in the world cup squad this year .

It's in his own hands.
Just can't see his discipline being good enough to play international again.
But if he does have a great season and works in penalties etc.. There's no reason why not

I never work in absolutes. He would have to do something pretty dire to not play for England ever again.

On the other side he would have to do something pretty special to get back into the England side.

I don't recall Hock being amazing since his return from his drug taking. He's had the odd game where he's made a busting run, but he's also had plenty of daft offloads and yellow and red cards.

You always get instant reactions like no not ever, but if he was the best at that position then you need a reason to keep him out, behaviour can be that, but he could always wear a tag to keep him out of pubs???

Lets not forget he was not drinking solo, he was just the one who could not drag his bum out of bed the next day. Some of those are model professionals apart from when they get a bit peckish on the RL pitch and the nachos are out of reach.

If McNamara is re-signed as coach anything is possible.
The question about Hock is a good one but perhaps there's more validity in asking if Danny Brough will get a call to the England squad.
I'd prefer Brough in front of Hock but what I don't want is McNamara given a new deal. I do think I'll be disappointed though.

He was also the only one who had a viable replacement already training with the squad. Did GH's behaviour give the coach an excuse to revise his selection based on what he saw in training?

Playing for your country should be the highest honour bestowed upon a player. Any individual who thinks that its excusable to miss any form of training/session that they are expected to attend simply doesn't deserve to be included, regardless of form. There are a dozen other players would jump at the opportunity.

Quite possible. Often sick records are used in work to get rid of the ones you don't want, were as those who are good salts get a bit more time.