If there's a shortage of international class players then at least pick those closest to it - which would still rule out Bailey. The "intangibles" with Bailey must be huge because he is so far behind. The truth is though they barely exist and are the last desperate excuse of blinkered Leeds fans bereft of any concrete evidence of Bailey's talents. And I suppose Coley got more game time in a better team because he wasn't any good?

Its harder work and more of an achievement staying on the field grinding it out rather than making cheap shots and running off and needs recognising as such.

Bailey wont make the 17 if he does he will be on the bench Wilkin and Bailey likely not to be in the same 17 if either gets in plenty of other good players in the squad who play their postition

Bailey not as good as Morley,Peacock,Carvell etc.
Wilkin might make the bench

16 pages of Wilkin v Bailey around 14 pages of content arguing the justification of Baileys behaviour and credibility of being a decent prop. Whilst Wilkin has almost being forgotten on commenting on baileys behaviour AFTER the final whistle of the match.
Can we assume Baileys antics is the acceptable norm for Bailey himself, and the RFL will always adjudge that he has a good disciplinary record. I reckon we should have a Bailey Weekend and every player behaves in the same manner, knowing that we wo'nt expect to see much rugby.

more interestingly after 16 pages we still havent got to the bottom of what Wilkin was actually bitching about.

according to a leeds player i spoke to this week he said " ryan doesn't help himself at times, indeed its sometimes hard to defend him but on this occasion he did nothing but celebrate and certainly never confronted anyone"

Lets face it. Neither of them are worth 16 words, never mind 16 pages.