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Surprise, surprise!

Sinfield at 6 again then.

Can you actually remember a great game Sinfield has had playing in the halves against Australia??? Breaking there defence down??? I certainly cant!

No I can't but is that because we've used him wrongly? the rest of the team have been poor? I'm not sure tbh. If we let him have the same role he has at leeds with good runners around him it may work . Essentially he plays the number 7 Role for Leeds.

Widdop had shoulder surgery after the NRL grand final so he wont be playing. Trouble is, Sinfield will look like a magician at 6 against the other home nations and the media wil be raving, so he will then probably get the gig in the 2013 world cup.

Thats the trouble with international RL in this country, can you imagine Oz or NZ playing a 13 at 6 in an international game??

Shocking decision when everyone fit he won't get in team there is loads better halfs backs and backrowers around then him plus look at his age personally I make graham or Burgess captain for the world cup

I think thats were your letting the crappy squad number system get in the way Chief. He is not a loose forward and hasn't been playing there for years. I think McDermott has him down as a 7.

Regardless of the number on his back and his positioning on a field for Leeds, he is not an international standard 6 in the memory of man.

Dont get me wrong, hes an absolute talisman for Leeds and a consumate professional, but as an international stand off capable of matching the likes of Jonathan Thurston, Benji Marshall, sorry, hes not the right player for that position. For me, it would be a fully fit Widdop every day regardless of where Sinfield plays for his club.

GB & England for some reason have a tradition of playing natural loose forwards at 6 in the international stage, Andy Farrell, Paul Sculthorpe and now Kevin Sinfield. All class players but surely playing them in their best position at the highest level of competition should be the ultimate aim?

Going against the grain here a bit but I think its a logical choice - he is the form of his life.

Having said that I vaguely remember a game against Aus in Aus when noble put him at 13 and he was wiped off the pitch by the opposition.

The last time I can remember anyone doing that was Sean Long in Sydney, and that was a one off.

Sinfield has actually played better than most in an England shirt getting MOM on a few occasions aswell.

You will se a different player now he has been given the skippers role, its the role where he excels.

Sinfield hasn't played 13 for a few years now, he is a stand off whether you like it or not.

widdop maybe , But I cant think of loads of half backs who are better or havent already failed miserably .

Who do you suggest ?

Hohaia has been playing at stand off all season, doesn't mean he is one!