It isn't just Ellis. Widdop is one of the form halves in the game. And as a Souths fan I can't say I could be any more impressed with Luke Burgess. I know he won't make the England squad, but he's handled the change with ease and will certainly be in our 17 next season. I have to admit to not seeing a huge amount of him before he came to us, but if his normal level is what he has shown so far I'm very surprised that Leeds weren't interested in keeping him. Good player.

Jack Reed will not be playing for England

he's not even that good....


from what i've seen on NRL FULLTIME his defence,especially in his own 20 is questionable,his tries are'nt nothing our guys don't already do...and that try he scored from the halfway line was more down to crap tackling than excellent play...

just cos he playing in the NRL does'nt mean he's a automatic pick for england.........christ he was laying brick last year...

Ellis is a predominantly left sided defender so would line up on the opposite side to Inglis but would be too good in defence for SKD in the games against NZ.
Joel Tomkins is a right sided player so he would be the one to face Inglis if we were to pick him as a centre.

A good post. It's a crying shame more people don't look at the statistics before mentioning Gareth Ellis 'crushing' the opposition.