Lee Briers and Danny Brough are both English, they represent Wales and Scotland as they have been neglected by the English selectors. This year Brough tried to get into the England team but was knocked back by selectors, openly showing his desire to represent England.

Brough may not produce world beating performances week in week out but there is an obvious level of consistency as he has won the Albert Goldthorpe medal and been in contention for it every year since.

since that game when Brown took Brough off the field, Brough's attitude has improved out of site, his consistancy is up there, as has been said from good to brilliant (one poor game, a feat shared by the other 16 giants against cas notwithstanding) and he most certainly can be a game breaker.

What it took was for a coach and a good team around him to show him he wasnt the only decent player at the club.

Nathan Brown may well have suppressed some of Brough's personality 'rough edges'. But come on guys - a touring party is not the same environment as a club. Those guys are stuck with each other for company for 6 weeks!

Briers easily outshining him in the cc and last week against Scotland. Brough has about 2 good games a year then is anonymous.

He managed many more last season.

Keep hearing that Brough is inconsistant, but at Wakefield he was our best player on a consistant basis (over 2 and a bit years, saw this with my own eyes Mark). It sounds like since finding his feet at Hudds he has found his form again on a regular basis (Code 13 alluded to this). I think the notion that Brough is an inconsistant is a bit of a myth myself. I find it ironic that a Wire fan can talk about Brough being inconsistant then put forward Briers who i think blows very hot and cold.