You have to reward players for performing, McGuire did not perform and is gone and rightly so. Tomkins and Eastmond have looked our far most dangerous halves, they were excellent against Australia, both came of age while McGuire showed it.

These 2 youngsters show no fear or respent for the opposition, they do not bottle it, sadly when faced with a major challenge at the top level McGire has shown little confidence and it has shown in his performance. Correct decision and hopefully he will not be seen representing his country again.

Would have preferred Morley on the bench, Peacock prop and burgess start in 2nd row.

I imagine that Peacock will be moevd to prop sortly though with 3 second rows on the bench

Tompkins was barely adequate against Australia - a non-existant first half does not in any way convert to "excellent". Sinfield was the stand out half back performer. Eastmond played most of the game at centre - and he did show up very well. It would have been interesting to see the threads created had Tompkins defended on the right side of the English line on Saturday. He might have found it difficult to stop Inglis or Slater in space by grabbing their collars (which appears to be his preferred tackling technique).

Not just his though, G1 (no less) was there and spoke highly of his contribution after the match.

I also thought he would stick with the same half back pairings for the tournament as the best option going forward. Swapping and changing the critical positions rarely works in my opinion.

Defensive stats from Saturday.

McGuire 8 tackles, 5 missed tackles.
Tomkins 16 tackles, 2 missed tackles.

Meaning what?

sums up what a muppet you (and others) are!
i can understand people calling for him to be dropped, but why would you wish for a player never to represent his country again? bar of cause hatred of the player / club he plays for, which then nullifies anything else you have said.

i'm not to keen on leon pryce, both as a person & a player, but nothing would make me happier then to see him ripping aus/nz to shreds.

Meaning Hodges was kept quiet by Ellis.

Don't go jumping in with your paranoid all defensive boots on. Smith and Peacock could have done with bringing theres last week! (joke

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I like McGuire and enjoy watching both him and Leeds play the game to the level they do, they are the premier club in SL, and generally the most entertaining to watch.

What i mean is that in Tomkins and Eastmond we have a partnership with massive potential, as opposed to a lad who had massive potential but has not made it at the top level, for McGuire to get another crack and offer average International at best generally performances means that this partnership has failed. Every player is overtaken by someone younger and hopefully better.

I have nothing against McGuire or Leeds but i hope this combination flourishes meanin he and Pryce can hang up there International boots that have been tried tested and generally speaking failed and concentrate on an arena more suited to there skills of top level domestic rugby.

Correct on all counts.

I watched Myler off the ball an awful lot in that game and he really impressed me. he was far more vocal and authoritative than McGuire and was the one calling the shots, pushing players into position etc.

This, more than what he actually did with the ball in hand (which wasn't too bad either) really impressed me.

I couldn't agree more that you decide on 6 & 7 and you play them as much as you can.

But are either Myler or Tomkins/Eastmond better than Burrow?
Still England's loss will be the Rhinos' gain.