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.

An astute observation. So much is down to confidence and belief.

I think there are a lot of props out there who will be fancying their chances. JP, Morley and Graham are probably nailed on but that leaves at least another two front row spots.

Lynch, Scruton, Bailey, LMS, Carvell and even Richard Moore might be worth a shot. Is Harrison an out and out prop?

Big Eorl hasn't really kicked on from his international debut last year.

The game against France is a useful opportunity to try some new players and see how your key positions get on. It would do the likes of Peacock, Morley etc no good whatsoever to play in this game so Id go for a team of:
1. Pryce
2. Hall
3. Atkins
4. Shenton
5. Briscoe
6. Tomkins
7. Eastmond
8. Lynch
9. Sinfield
10. LMS
11. Ablett
12. Tomkins
13. Purdham

14. Roby
15. Scruton
16. Bailey
17. Clough

I'm really happy to see so many people mentioning Joel Tomkins because he's been sensational this season. He is now playing to the standard he used to do when he was in the reserves at Wigan and terrorising opposition defences with ball in hand. He has a huge workrate and the pace of a centre which added into his ball handling ability and running power is quite some package.

The other 3 players that stand out for me as deserving a call up on the back of this seasons form are Ben Harrison, Andy Lynch and Jamie Langley(if he can get back fit and playing soon). Those 3 are having top seasons and are real powerhouses.

One day we might even produce some outside backs!

The French are no opposition as the last two games have aptly demonstrated - this should be a team that is a peek into the future - there should be no players in this side over 25 - end of.