Are you going on the assumption that James Graham will get banned again?

And also the fact Ben Te'o plays for Queensland, Roy Asotasi isn't good enough and Heremaia will be nowhere near!

It was his first game back to league since 2008, he had been involved in boxing and looked a little to "ripped" he will naturally add some weight get his body and game to match rugby league and return to his position of being one of the best forwards in the game despite not playing for 5 years.

Matai and Sa'u have also declared for Samoa so their centre options aren't looking too strong

He was very impressive for the Roosters today. There is no doubt about it, SBW is very very talented and will be major plus for NZ.

I have never read that.

Matai has played for NZ and would be mad not to play for them again in the big time.

What is your source for this bizarre claim?

SBW had a magnificent game for the Sydney Roosters a few hours ago. I watched it all. He was taken off early in the second half because his team were thumping the opposition and the coach didn't want to risk him being injured. His offloads were brilliant and his defence was superb. It is only his 4th game in rugby league since returning, so he is still has room for development, and he will definitely be asked to play for New Zealand inte World Cup.


* P.S. I forgot about James the Ear Biter. He will make it into the England side just as soon as he gets that old lady's hands out of his pants.


[uPossible England team[/u:

[iSam Tomkins

Ryan Hall, Kallum Watkins, Jack Reed, Josh Charnley

Kevin Sinfield
Danny McGuire/Gareth Widdop

Sean O'Loughlin
Gareth Ellis, Gareth Hock
Sam Burgess, James Roby, James Graham [/i

Interchange: [iRob Burrow, Ben Westwood, George Burgess, Eorl Crabtree.[/i


[uPossible New Zealand team[/u:

[iKevin Locke

Jason Nightingale, Konrad Hurrell, Shaun Kenny-Dowell, Sam Perrett,

Benji Marshall
Kieron Foran

Greg Eastwood
Simon Mannering, Sonny Bill Williams
Jared Wharea-Hargreaves, Isaac Luke, Sam Kasiano[/i

Interchange: [iSam Rapira, Jesse Bromwich, Frank Pritchard/Tohu Harris, Aaron Heremaia[/i


The New Zealand pack is equal to if not stronger than England's, its halves and three quarters are superior.

If SBW continues his incremental improvements each week, by the time of the World Cup, should he choose to play he may well be a game changer on his own.

So your basing your mus-guided assumption on not only one game, but his first back in the NRL. Well if you had seen his 3 game since you would see he is improving massively each week. It wont be long until he is back to his best, and that's the opinion of many down here not just Roosters fans.

As for Burgess, I think he is great. I am English so off course I want him to do well, and he is one of the best around but not the best in the world. Too many Super League and England fans want to believe he is the outright best forward in the world. No line breaks, just 3 off loads (SBW had 4 alone last night), 5 missed tackles and 3 errors in 3 games are not the stats of the best in the world.

Quote JEAN CAPDOUZE="JEAN CAPDOUZE"I have never read that. Matai has played for NZ and would be mad not to play for them again in the big time. What is your source for this bizarre claim?'" www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/849 ... um=twitter

Quote JEAN CAPDOUZE="JEAN CAPDOUZE"I have never read that. Matai has played for NZ and would be mad not to play for them again in the big time. What is your source for this bizarre claim?'" www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/849 ... um=twitter

Quote Bondi_Warrior="Bondi_Warrior" Quote Bondi_Warrior="BelleVueLifer"Judging by the way in which sam burgess physically brushed him aside in a recent NRL fixture, I'm not overly concerned by the threat of SBW. Yes he's a great athlete but his RL skills aren't as devastating as they were prior to him turning his back on the game. In addition, I think we've made some excellent progress in terms of our forwards being able to compete physically with the worlds best - You could argue that sam burgess is the best forward in the world right now.'" So your basing your mus-guided assumption on not only one game, but his first back in the NRL. Well if you had seen his 3 game since you would see he is improving massively each week. It wont be long until he is back to his best, and that's the opinion of many down here not just Roosters fans. As for Burgess, I think he is great. I am English so off course I want him to do well, and he is one of the best around but not the best in the world. Too many Super League and England fans want to believe he is the outright best forward in the world. No line breaks, just 3 off loads (SBW had 4 alone last night), 5 missed tackles and 3 errors in 3 games are not the stats of the best in the world.'" www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl- ... 6611055349

Quote Bondi_Warrior="Bondi_Warrior" Quote Bondi_Warrior="BelleVueLifer"Judging by the way in which sam burgess physically brushed him aside in a recent NRL fixture, I'm not overly concerned by the threat of SBW. Yes he's a great athlete but his RL skills aren't as devastating as they were prior to him turning his back on the game. In addition, I think we've made some excellent progress in terms of our forwards being able to compete physically with the worlds best - You could argue that sam burgess is the best forward in the world right now.'" So your basing your mus-guided assumption on not only one game, but his first back in the NRL. Well if you had seen his 3 game since you would see he is improving massively each week. It wont be long until he is back to his best, and that's the opinion of many down here not just Roosters fans. As for Burgess, I think he is great. I am English so off course I want him to do well, and he is one of the best around but not the best in the world. Too many Super League and England fans want to believe he is the outright best forward in the world. No line breaks, just 3 off loads (SBW had 4 alone last night), 5 missed tackles and 3 errors in 3 games are not the stats of the best in the world.'" www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl- ... 6611055349

The more i read your posts the more i begin to think your Damo (sp) of the leeds board. Just because someone has better knowledge on international players it doesn't make it a a bizarre claim.

also your first team choices for England and new zealand are very poor especially new Zealand's.