Fox needs to step up to his early/mid season form if he is to make any impression. He has been more noticeable for his errors recently.

Really pleased for Briscoe, this will hopefully make up for the dissapointment of missing the WC last year. Why has Sykes been included? His displays last year were reminiscent of Krusty the Clown.

I am sure Fox won't let anyone down, he fully deserves his place, as he did in the SL Dream Team.

The Aussies will make an absolute fool of Fox.

I would word it kinder but i tend to agree.

Rumour has it that Sean Long is running a book to see how many 40/20s the Aussies kick past him.

Bit harsh, and to be fair, with the likes of Inglis, Hodges, Slater and Thurston in the squad the whole of a very inexperienced England back line look to be in for a very tough test.

Agreed, it's pretty irrelevant who is picked TBH against that opposition. Hopefully the experience will develop the players involved (can't hurt to have a stint under Smith) rather than damage their confidence.

If Tom Briscoe and Danny Tickle had made the four nations squad and our players hadn't been picked i'd bet Sean Long's winnings this forum would be flooded by Hull trolls.....Smith has obviously selected the best available players in his opinion.

Best of luck to them alll....they'll need it against both N.Z. and the Aussies.

Tom Briscoe and Tickle aren't international standard. Tom Briscoe may be one day. Our back line are in for a torrid time unfortunately.

Agree,and I hope Shaun has a cracker.

Like Peter Fox you mean...??

To be honest who else could they have picked on the wing?

What's up with Raynor?

To busy off the field

He's sh*t.

Surely not? Afterall (I can't be bothered trawling for a quote) when Fox played in the mid-season game in France, he was only "keeping the shirt warm " for the returning Raynor.

TBH you can use any of the regular losers who troll on here and you'd be right.

As opposed to Fox eh

Fox is better than Raynor and about 7 years younger, Although his form badly dipped at the end of the season

Right now if I were picking a Rep side I would have Raynor in ahead of Fox. Nothing to do with playing for Rovers but I have always had doubts about him even at Wakey. He has age on his side and could develop into a very good winger but Raynor has a decent record against the Kiwis and the Aussies.

Raynor's form doesn't warrant a place in front of Fox though even taking into account his tail off at the end of the season

Fox is younger I will give you that, but I still think that Raynor is a better winger than Fox, if he played for a better team such as Saints, Leeds or even Rovers last years he would have scored loads of trys. He never gets the ball at Hull. The only area that Fox is better IMO is speed. He has always doen well for GB when he has played.

The fact that Raynor getting on and that he has been part of a poor Hull team for the last two years is why he isnt in the England squad.

in his prime Raynor was a class act.....he has now lost that half yard of pace which is important to any winger and has gone from being 'a class act' to just decent. Put him with a decent centre & he will score the tries but not from 90 metres out.

That and the fact he can only run from side to side.

Fox's game really goes on confidence, if he catches his first one or two bombs then he has the confidence and goes on to have a good game, if his confidence is knocked early on with a knock-on ect, then he goes on to have a mare of a game.

Which centre will be playing inside him?