Don't want to pick on any individuals, but power and pace in the outside backs is vital, not just going forward. If you saw the NRL GF this weekend, any missed 1 on 1 or where you don't trap the ball or allow any players to effect a play post line and you are going to be in strife if I am honest, especially in the outside channels..... I don't want us to play a negative game, but every shot and 1 on 1 has got to stick.

The thing that really pee'd me off watching eng-aus last year was Atkins. Hes ok scraging young players week in and dominating other centres through his power, and scoring boat load of tries. Getting piggy backed down field by shaun kenny dowel hasto be one of the most embarrasing things ive seen. Shenton was great until he injured his ankle. We have nothing to compete with aus outwide.

I agree i could replace Foster with Briscoe as he has been stand-out this season for Hull but i had the Saints youngster in for is goalkicking, if you don't consider Ryan Hall the number one choice winger for England you must be watching a different game to me. Charnley behind Foster, Briscoe and Hall in my book

You mean Harrison didn't play against Leeds?

He played 21 out of a potential 32 competitive games and missed some due to injury
71% of the season?

So back to Rangi Chase?

Good on him, I say.

SO Garry Schofield is upset that Rangi wants to play for England. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... e-row.html Schofield's ego is that big he probably still thinks that he was in with a chance of making the squad and Rangi has taken his place! I know most fans would happily pay good money to watch Rangi play in an England shirt.

SO Garry Schofield is upset that Rangi wants to play for England. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... e-row.html Schofield's ego is that big he probably still thinks that he was in with a chance of making the squad and Rangi has taken his place! I know most fans would happily pay good money to watch Rangi play in an England shirt.

Not me - I think this is a cynical move on Rangi's part and shame on McBanana for entertaining it; international RL becomes less and less credible with each passing year and this continues that trend.

On the Wakey forum - 4 pages of hate-filled, green-eyed bile (and counting).

And on the VT, 14 or so pages.

You're overstating the importance of your club by an embarassingly massive amount if you believe this is an anti-Cas issue; I don't think anyone gives a hoot wich club he plays for - this is a much wider issue about the credibility of the international game.

Is it because I is from Cas? No.

You cannot blame Rangi for wanting to play international rugby for any team that can make his dream come true. I like many others do not agree with none Englishman playing for England, i believe you should only play for the country of your birth. However as it happens in every other sport why should we be the odd ones out especially when other rugby league nations are doing the same thing, do the same as me and learn to live with it.

Immigrants can never become English, or Australian, or Kiwi, or French or whatever? What's wrong with representing the country where you live? Home is where the heart is, as they say - that might be the country you live in, it might be the country you were born in but don't live in, it might even be the country your parents were born in. That's just a fact of life - and wishing it wasn't won't make it go away.

His dream, clearly stated in a press interview a few months ago, was to play for New Zealand; what's changed?