As a Leeds fan I would question Watkins and Ablett's inclusion, with the following qualifications:
Ablett is one of the most consistent and underrated players in Superleague. He may not do the spectacular stuff but he makes the big plays when it really matters.
Watkins was blistering for the first half of the season. Only Briscoe has made more metres than him at centre this year. He's also made over 400 tackles which is an awesome amount for a centre and only Ryan Atkins has made more offloads than him in that position. (surprisingly given Moon's reputation, he is level with him on offloads)

As for the Hardaker/Escare debate there's really no contest. Escare is a great talent and I love watching him, but he is way behind Hardaker in both attack and defence.
Hardaker (despite his deserved 5 match ban) is still the 3rd highest metre maker in the league. Escare only just makes it into the top 20. Escare may have scored more tries but Hardaker more than makes up for this with a whole host of quite brilliant try-saving tackles.

Ryan Hall has scored more of his miracle tries this season, although so has Monaghan. The clincher for me is the hard yards Hall makes out of defence. The stats again show a massive difference in metres gained, (Hall has made almost 50% more than Monaghan)

The real no brainer is Peacock. He has been a monster in every facet of the game:
Most carries in the league (by some distance)
4th highest metre maker
3nd lowest percentage of errors per carry
10th highest tackler
3rd highest marker tackler
4th highest number of offloads

This has to be the most clueless post on this thread. The only bit you got right is that Peacock deserves his place. (Even as a Rhinos fan I have questions about Watkins inclusion)

Leeds finished 6th because they blew 2 games in preparation for the CC final, then suffered a cup hangover in the following weeks. Hardly a surprise. The Cup had always been the main target this year for a group of players who have won just about everything else on so many occasions. Had they not played in that final (during which both McGuire and Burrow picked up injuries that kept them sidelined for the next 2 games, I am confident they would have been in the top 2. Incidentally, the league table doesn't tell it all. In the games Leeds have lost this season, only two have been by a margin of more than one score.

...and finally, Escare, brilliant though he is in attack, has a long way to go before he has anything like the all-round game of Hardaker.

If saints are top of the league, why are wigan favourites for the title?

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and?

Because League position isn't THAT important. Hopefully that will change next year.

Sometimes, yes

Not sure about Kallum this season but JP was a shoe-in
If Abbo gets in then maybe there's a case for Frogger but it appears a bit Anglocentric. Escare is a show pony and not a patch on Zak defensively.

Did it have any credibility to lose? Looking at the selections I'd say so!