We need to move on from sinfield. Hodkinson is top quality and I don't see any others at his level, him and widdop may form a top quality partnership that we've been waiting years for.

But in behaving that way Hodkinson would be in good company with internationals Isaac Luke and Paul Gallen, and Leeds enforcer Ryan Bailey.

luke should have got the same for his third man in tackle effort gainst the aussie 2-3 years ago in that intl

Just to update, Hodkinson won't be playing for England. If he stays in the NSW side, he and Cherry-Evans for Qld would both be England-qualified halfbacks but playing against England.

As an aside if I were McNamara I'd be using this stint at the Roosters to let any England-eligible young players he can find that if they want to, the route is open to play for England.

If Hodkinson fails badly in Game 1 of SoO then probably he will be dumped.

As I understand it he could then declare himself for England in 2017.

However by then I expect that Sneyd and Widdop will be well established as England's halves.

There were a couple of articles describing him as 'England reject' stating he wanted to play in the WC but McNamara didn't want him.