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Wonder if this is bollo£@s

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What a complete idiot he is, and to think some on here wanted us to sign him

Graham sent back home , Hardaker & Mcllorum also by all accounts.

Not an angel, by all accounts

So 4 players have been withdrawn? Or have I read this wrong?

(Hock, Graham, Hardaker and McIlorum)

Hock definitely sent home from the squad , The other 3 rumored.

Cheers. Hope the McIlorum one is true. As I've said on this thread a few times... I don't rate him compared to other English hookers.

You want him sent home because you don't rate him? Seriously?

Sales appear to have shot up, appears to be only single seats left in the lower bowl of the stadium, which would mean ticket sales are heading for 20k

Shouldn't have been put in the squad to start with. He's a dirty player and there's at least 3 other hookers in the league who should have been picked ahead of him.

Like him or not McIlorum is an integral part of the team who just won the double so not hard to see why he's been selected. Saying that though Matty Smith should have been selected too imo.

Matty smith even bigger part of that team. But Sinfield is being picked ahead of him and Widdop.

McIlorums been picked solely on who he plays for.

You have totally contradicted yourself there,if you believe Mcilorum is only in because he plays for Wigan why doesn't your logic also apply to Matty Smith.

Matty Smith is probably the best English scrum half in the league apart from Brough.

McIlorum isn't even the third best English hooker.

So McIllorum has been licked because he plays for Wigan.
But Smith, who you rate as a more important member of that team, hasn't been picked despite playing for Wigan?

Can you see the contradiction...?

For as long as this clown is in charge it will always be jobs for the boys.

Yea I can see where you're coming from. Not my best argument, gotta admit



Can't think of any other reason though why McIlorum was picked for the squad over some much better hookers!

Just can't understand the logic behind these selections. McNamara saying he's picking players based on "form" is utter bull.

If you haven't got tickets for this yet I'd buy soon, the ticket website is saying it has a high volume of traffic, todays good games seem to have created a surge in ticket sales. Would imagine the final blocks of the KC will be put on sale soon.

With all that's gone on this week with super league as well as the sheer presence of Mcbanana, I wasn't excited at all, but after todays game I'm converted.

Already got tickets for the game, hope we've righted the wrongs of today by then.

I agree that today's games have been a big shot in the arm for the game. England where competitive and with a bit of luck and some more compusure could have won. And then Wales & Italy showed that they can play some decent rugby too, and that there's more to the World Cup than just Aus, England & NZ.

Watching Wales v Italy I can see how the Italians got one over on us. They've got some very handy blokes in their team.

the rest of the upper west is now open for sale, so ticket sales must be at about 22K+ reckon it'll sell out this week

Yep, got told a few days ago that there was going to be some disappointed people who expect to be able to walk up and pay. Looking like there won't be any tickets to do that.

Good news for WC though.

Can see crowds all round being up after such a positive start, all 3 games so far have been great viewing and tonights NZ-Samoa match and tommorow's Fiji-Ireland game have sold out too.

People are realising that the rugby's good, and that they won't be able to walk up and get good seats at most grounds on the day.