People are putting these combinations in of centres and wingers but you are forgetting who we have in charge, it's steve mcnamara.

Hall is a certainty. He has played international for years despite being proven not good enough. McBanana will play him despite not really doing anything this season he will we base it on form in the past.

Bridge is a certainty. He has also played previously and therefore McBanana will pick him.

Briscoe will be picked and is the stand out candidate for the other wing and IMO should be playing there.

The other spot could go to anyone, I suspect Mcnamara will play Shenton there because he has played there previously
If you wanted my opinion I'd have:

Ben Jones Bishop
Kallum Watkins
Jack Reed (If Available. If not
Tom Briscoe

The basis on my selection is for the future. We arn't going to beat Aus/NZ in the 4N this year if you are being realistic. The 6th best Aus centre would get in Englands team without question. Every single one of: Greg Inglis, Michael Jennings, Michael Cooper, Jamie Lyon, Willie Tonga, Mark Gasnier (Regardless of retirement). We should be preparing for the 2013 WC but Mcnamara will pick a useless team. Full of tried and failed internationals.

He's right you know, no matter how enthusiastic we've still got that clown in charge.

can you all stop picking jack bloody reed...he's not going to opt for england

I think you're right. Plus, trying to get Reed just reeks of desparation.

And, Sam Tomkins at Stand off and Joel Tomkins at Second Row

jack reed's not even that good.....


theres aussies on other RL boards that are actually worried about their options for the 4nations such is the lack of quality and injuries...

I'm worried about centres. Most are unjured. Chris Lawrence should be in Australian side if fit, but most of our firrst choice are out either retirement or unjured.

Someone was suggesting Burrow for england. Really? That tiny bloke who'd be lucky to be 5ft? Plays for leeds I think. He either must run the 100m in 11 secs or be the best passer in the game. You really see him tackling Frank Pritchard, Junior Sauu, Vatuvei (NZ left), Capt Mannering, SKD? I cant see a player as small as him being beneficial to a side that needs to stiffen it's defence.

Whilst I wouldn't have him playing for England, Burrow is no slouch in defence. He certainly wouldn't be my first pick to run at, I've seen him pick up 110kg props and dump them on their backside.

Is that called sarcasm??

For me, this backline shows just how thread bare we have been in the backs for the last decade – Wellens has been a top quality Super League player but lacked the pace to be international quality and his slow kick returns have always had GB/England on the back foot at the start of every set

Carney was a good winger but having to put Pryce on the other wing shows the lack of quality we have had there – played out of position and didn’t excel on the wing at all. As for the centres, Gleeson on form was potent in attack but that form was sporadic and Senior is again a solid performer but not going to scare international defences to death

Compare that centre/wing quartet to the one previously posted below from the late 90’s – Offiah, Newlove and Robinson were all world class and Connolly was probably a better centre than Senior in his prime

1: Radlinski
2: Offiah
3: Newlove
4: Connolly
5: Robinson
6: Edwards
7: Goulding

Our current young backs – Tomkins, Briscoe, Watkins, Hall, Jones-Bishop, McGilvary, Broughton etc have some way to go to be in the class of Offiah, Robinson and Newlove but there is every chance they will be better international players than the 2003/04 vintage

chris lawrence eh...........yes please