Big fan of Joel Tomkins in the back row at the moment. If Danny McGuire kicks on from yesterday, expect to see him in the mix at the end of the season.

Expecting token coaches pick of bulls players who have been in the international shade! Lynch, Langley?

if sykes gets anywhere the team it's a joke.

Lynch is class.

Sykes is complete bab and always has been IMO.

I'd have no problem with Lynch. Also impressed by Ben Harrison.

I think Lynch, Langley & Scruton would be fair calls from us.


I agree that Sykes shouldn't be anywhere near.

McGuire and Diskin would be two i'd pick from Leeds. Ablett will be up there too I would think.

England X7:

Wellens
Gardner
Gleeson
Yeaman
Hall
McGuire
Myler
Morley
Diskin
Fielden
Wilkin
Ellis
Sinfield

Scruton, Lynch, Gilmour, Harrison

Another vote for Ablett.

I think J tomkins should be a shoe in same with Harrison.
For us Mcguire and Ablett.
As an outside bet i wouldn't mind young Watts getting a run out.

With my Rhinos hat on I hope hardly any/no Leeds player gets selected as we're already going to be without Peacock and Burrow come what may for what could be quite a tricky fixture away at Quinns.

Up until recently it would have been hard to imagine many of our players getting selected but now we could theoretically lose Hall,McGuire,Sinfield and possibly Ablett.

I think McGuire deserves a spot but realise that the saviours of English Rugby League (Tomkins and Eastmond) will probably be the first choice half back pairing as Danny seemed to have been dumped for the foreseeable future in lasy years Four nations.

Shouldn't come into it,but being the cinic I am and bearing in mind we are in competition with Bradford amongst others for 4th spot,McNamara could/maybe should pick loads of our players with his Bulls hat on

Wello or Pryce wont be near the fb position. It'll be Smithy's i think.

Wellens should quit gracefully if he hasn't already. If Widdop gets enough game time I'd have him at full back at the end of the year. Leon Pryce may be intensely disliked by many but he's a genuine athlete who ought to be in there somewhere. If Widdop gets fullback I'd put him in the centres as frankly our other options look awful with a 'solid' Shenton about the best we can muster.

I think that McGuire is probably as talented if not more so than Tomkins, but in the 4 nations last season, McGuire played like a big fairy, Tomkins played like he really meant it. McGuire is going to have to do something very special after that 'performance' against the Aussies at the DW. Sunday has gone some way towards that.

McGuire has looked out of his depth a few times playing against Oz - he seems to play scared and the worst of his habits (passes into touch, running in circles, aimless kicks, fragile defence etc) then come out. He needs to decide whether he wants to really prove to everyone - especially himself - that he's better than that. But if in his heart of hearts he knows the nerves or whatever will beat him again, then he shouldn't bother looking to play for England.

For whatever reason some players play well below themselevs at international level whilst others do the opposite. It will be sad if McGuire goes down as the former.