England Side

1. Briscoe
2. Briscoe
3. Smith
4. Shenton
5. Hall
6. McGuire
7. Tomkins
8. Graham
9. Roby
10. Morley
11. Peacock
12. Ellis
13. Sinfield

14. Burgess
15. Crabtree
16. Westwood
17. Eastmond

Smiths remarkable these days, can play 2 positions at once

Is that a bit like a dual code contract?

Personally i'd have played him at FB as well

Well if he is doing that he might as well play both centre positions as well.

Myler injured or dropped?

Looking forward to see how Crabtree goes against the Aussies.

They'll need to defend Sinfield wider and Peacock in the middle on that team - defending Peacock out wide will leave him exposed to the footwork of the likes of Slater, Lockyer etc.

Hope so. Think he may have been a little over hyped. Tomkins looks a better prospect IMO.

rlTony Smith not expecting to make the final.rl

You've got to admire his honesty if nothing else.

Unless that article has been changed, I'm not sure where your summary of it comes from?

I'd say that was our best available side, from players selected

I'm guessing it's the quote from Smith himself, referring to the week after this as "the final week". Which would imply the tournament finishes for us then.

Guess he means final week of the group matches?

That's how I read it - obviously not as much of a pessimist as tvoc and Gotcha.