Micky McIllorum is someone with great potential, and you will get nothing but 100% from him. His defence is his best asset, and his attack and distribution is always improving.

Also shows that Eastmond won't be in rugby league for much longer unfortunately.

I know what you're saying, but like I stated this is nothing to do with getting 'excited', directing resources or anything like that. Regardless of the benefit to either nation, Brough played for Scotland and therefore should not be selected for England. George Best and Ryan Giggs would have benefited the England team, that doesn't mean they were able to select them just because the nations they were committed to weren't as strong. That's not how international sport works. The fact that Brough was born in England is irrelevant. Regardless of the strength of the domestic competition and the composition of the team, Scotland has as much right to eligible players as England or Australia, so do all the other RL playing nations. We can't just pretend they don't exist or dismiss them as irrelevant because they aren't as strong, and if we continue to do this we will get nowhere.

I don't think Ferres will be a surprise to Cas fans. He has been excellent for us. Fair play to SM for not just going for the "big names".

Spot on , once you decide where you want to play , that's where you stay

Baffling selections at Bradford, the same for England.

The RFL may be thinking wtf have we done if he takes somebody like Ferres into the 4n.

I'm extremely surprised (From a Bradford pov) that not one of Langley, Scruton or Lynch got into either squad.

I said this on another thread but is relevant here...

as a Trinity fan I am distraught that 6 of the players listed in this squad began their careers at, or have recently played for, Wakefield... if one adds Gareth Ellis to that list and other peripheral players like Darryl Griffin it clearly shows the extent of the mess that the recently departed owners of Wakefield Trinity left at the club!!

Where did you finish last year? where the year before? and lets not kid ourselves, you're no great shakes this year either. Its not baffling whatsoever.

If Ferres gets in, then I personally would have had Langley ahead of him.

Maybe Lynch's commitment to the international game over recent years has more to do with his exclusion than his on-field performances? Hasn't he made himself unavailable twice in recent years, once for minor surgery and once to get married?

Ferres is a better player than langley, lynch and scruton should have been in.

If the rfl were that bothered about team selection they would have sacked smith for selecting sykes, the worst player to wear an england shirt in recent years.

not disagreeing about Lynch BUT which props would you leave out to accommodate them.

ATEOTD you cannot have a squad of 50 or 60 as it defeats the object

It's a difficult one. If the next world cup wasn't so close I would say it was time for Morley to move over and get a younger prop international experience in time for the next major competition, but I think Morley has one or two more seasons at the top left in him.

I agree Lynch should be in the squad though. Excellent offloader. Ferres in a good asset to the squad. He works hard, scores quite a few tries and is versitile.

As for Hull, surely you have to win a game in SL before any of your players can be considered