1. sam tomkins
2. ryan hall
3. jack reed
4. kallum watkins
5. josh charnley
6. kev sinfield
7. roger chase
8. chris hill
9. james roby
10 . james graham
11. gareth ellis
12. sean o'loughlin
13. sam burgess

14. rob burrow
15. ben westwood
16. gareth hock
17. erol crabtree

oldham............

Lynch is just not good enough,i also think Ellis is past his sell by date he aint had a good game for his country in years.

IIRC he's made himself unavailable three times, twice due to requiring minor surgery and once to get married.

Remarkably few have picked Ablett, Wilkin and Jones-Buchanan in their teams, when they are certain to feature in a McNamara side.

So it's not because he's not wanted to play for England? If he's required surgery that's hardly making himself unavailable.

Good point. I retract that statement.



I put Sam Burgess as first choice loose forward with O'Loughlin as second choice, but Burgess can be a back up as second rower if needed, so in effect he is covering two positions, or even three if you want to use him as prop.

I picked 4 halves rather than 3 because there is so much uncertainty about who should be the halves for Britain, and I thought McNamara might want to experiment in the easier pool game (against Ireland). Maybe by end of 2013 SL season form will be clearer and they will only choose 3 halves.

Gareth Widdop is an absolute essential squad choice because he can cover the halves and full back, while Zak Hardaker is essential choice because he can cover full back and centre. England is at least blessed in its number of utility players -- and you add Rob Burrow and Sam Burgess to that list.