atkins is injured and unavailable

Good.

1. Shaun Briscoe
2. Lee Smith
3. Martin Gleeson
4. Keith Senior
5. Ryan Hall
6. Danny Mcguire
7. Rob Burrow
8. Adrian Morley
9. James Roby
10.Jamie Peacock
11.Gareth Ellis
12.Sam Burgess
13.Kevin Sinfield
subs
14.Kyle Eastmond
15.Eorl Crabtree
16.James Graham
17.Stephen Wild

Baggsy playing right centre for the opposition.

If Number 11 is Sabrina the Teenage Witch aka Melissa Joan Hart, I'll happily switch from Prop to Second Row

Nearly every team has Gleeson and Senior in 3/4's guess that says it all about our squad. I agree Shenton and Smith are not good enough i would rather we stick with the tried and tested Gleeson has had a poor season but you know he'll be solid and Senior has been immense for Leeds all year.

For the record my team would have been:

Eastmond
Hall
Senior
Gleeson
Fox
Mcguire
Burrow

Peacock
Diskin
Graham
Ellis
Burgess
Sinfield

Subs:
Morley
Carvell
Westwood
Roby

so tony smith says we are playing a young team with a view to the next world cup.so why is he playing lee smith who is turning his back on our game and going to union?
martin gleeson may not have set super league alight this season but he is the best we have.he should play.

The world cup is good few years off yet so IMO half these young kids wouldn't be playing anyway.

I think the main aim should be winning the 4 nations no matter how old the players are.

We can then try and build on a good 4 nations and try and win world cup.

I'm an optimist but New Zealand and Austrailia have, in my memory never been better, both their squad are fantastic and as good as some of our players are, some of our internationals wouldn't get a NRL game, let alone SOO or NZ/OZ test side.

The point I'm making is I don't agree with this 4 nations is for building for the world cup.

We should pick our best players no matter about age. Senior has been better than shenton IMO so should be picked and same across the team.

It's ok saying lets go for youth but will peacock, mozza and few others going to still be around for world cup?

It's to early to go for youth in building for the world cup.

IMO smith should pick his strongest team that he thinks will win 4 nations.

I agree with senior, but not lee smith. At least younger centres will be playing against senior next year and can learn from him

lee smith sold his soul to the devil,he should be nowhere near the england set up.

The 2 best English centres IMO is gleeson and senior.

I'm not saying shenton won't become good player but he's got few years before world cup.

I just think any coach of any team in any sport should pick the team he feels will win the games.

Gleeson hasn't had his best year but is still very sound defensively and was playing well towards the back end of the year. He didn't get picked because he dared to want to leave Warrington and Smith has held a grudge against him for that.

Both Gleeson and Leon Pryce should have been selected as they're easily 2 of our best outside backs(i'd have played Pryce at centre) and we'd have been a better side with them in.

It's not like they're over the hill either.