Widdop - Played for Storm last weekend against Newcastle and looked sharp after returning from injury at stand off.

Ellis - Had an awesome game for the Tigers against St.George in first round of play offs. Played on right edge running of marshall and Lui, Heighenton plays on the left edge - had a good game also.

Burgess - Earlier in season on the Footy Show said he would be back for playoffs. Unfortunately the South Sydney Rabbitohs did not qualify. So unsure if he is training to be fit for four nations or having long off season getting ready for season 2012/2013.


Good call on Willie Manu, could be a bolter to replace Burgess if as I suspect is not fit.

Willie Manu would be great.
I rate him very highly.

Very hard to tackle, makes some great breaks.

Bring him to Saints PLEASE

Tomkins, Briscoe, Bridge, Atkins, Hall, Widdop, Lomax, Graham, Roby, Peacock, Ellis, Westwood, O' Loughlin. Subs: Sinfield, Wilkin, Carvell, Crabtree.

If he's good and qualifies we should be looking to get him onboard ASAP, The Aussie's have been doing it for years with Kiwi's and Islander's so we just need to do the same. Picking players from the worlds premier RL comp will only help us as a team and hopefully bring on the other lads.

Anybody else heard Gareth Ellis wont be playiing due to knee op??

Hands off, he's ours!!

I think that we would be wrong to pick him, although saying that, there is nobody in the england team that plays like him and i think he would make an impact against the Aussies. Him, Yeaman and Briscoe on the left would be dangerous

1.tomkins
2.hall
3.reed
4.yeamen
5.briscoe
6.widdop
7.brough
8.graham
9.roby
10.peacock
11.westwood
12.ellis
13.oloughlin
subs
14.carvell
15.morley
16.robinson
17.tomkins

According to the press in Aus Reed has chosen to play for England.

Does no one think Mossop should be on the bench (if fit)? Quality at prop this year and is naturally a second rower who is pretty mobile so could add a lot of bulk off the bench in that position.

Can't help that negative feeling that under McBanana we are going to get slaughtered anyway but on the upside he might get the sack.

Please tell me, anyone, how did he get the job?
Have we gone back to the bad old days where to get the job, you had to first fail as a coach in SL?




He is clueless and for some reason he won't pick crabtree (is it personal?) and ignores form for misguided "loyaly".

He is the luckest sod in rugby to have got out of Bradord within days of facing the sack and managed to have walked into what should be the top job in RL in this country.
I've aksed him for this weeks lottery numbers.

From what I saw, being English and sounding poignant when Bradford lost.

1. Tomkins
2. Briscoe
3. Reed
4. Yeaman
5. Hall
6. Widdop
7. Brough

8. Carvell
9. Roby
10. Graham
11. Westwood
12. Ellis
13. O'loughlin

14. Crabtree
15. Peacock
16. J Tomkins/Wilkin
17. Sinfield