Full Squad:
Rob Burrow (Leeds Rhinos, Featherstone Lions)
Josh Charnley (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Patricks)
Rangi Chase (Castleford Tigers, Dannervirke Tigers)
Eorl Crabtree (Huddersfield Giants, Huddersfield YMCA)
Leroy Cudjoe (Huddersfield Giants, Newsome Panthers)
Gareth Ellis (Hull FC, Lock Lane)
Liam Farrell (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Patricks)
Brett Ferres (Huddersfield Giants, Smawthorne Panthers)
Ryan Hall (Leeds Rhinos, Oulton Raiders)
Zak Hardaker (Leeds Rhinos, Featherstone Lions)
Chris Hill (Warrington Wolves, New Spring Lions)
Jamie Jones-Buchanan (Leeds Rhinos, Stanningley)
Adrian Morley (Warrington Wolves, Eccles)
Lee Mossop (Wigan Warriors, Hensingham)
Richie Myler (Warrington Wolves, Halton West Bank)
Sean O’Loughlin (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Patricks)
James Roby (St Helens, Blackbrook)
Kevin Sinfield © (Leeds Rhinos, Waterhead)
Sam Tomkins (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Patricks)
Ben Westwood (Warrington Wolves, Normanton)

For me, the following should not be in the squad:

Burrow, Chase, Ellis (I'm a Hull fan but he is not back to full fitness yet), Jones-Buchanen, Morley, Roby (missed a lot of the season), Sinfield

Same old from McNamara

For the first time in a while i think we have the players (not just forwards, but backs too) that could really worry the kangaroos, but the half-back partnership is going to be key as will our coach's gameplan. And that's what i'm worried about the most...

Pretty concerned by the squad selection and basically suggests that he is not considering the new talent in SL this year (or last year)

Burrow and Roby - Should be Houghton and Lunt (roby will be in the WC squad regardless of playing this game or not)
Morley - Walmsley
JJB - Kirmond
Chase - Brough (also impressed by Owens at Widnes)
Ellis - atkins/Crooks/a.n. other centre

Atkins has pretty much burned his bridges with McNamara in my view. Had Watkins been fit, it would have been him and Cudjoe at 3 & 4, with Jack Reed an option for the WC.

I would have put Lunt and Houghton ahead of Roby and Burrow.

As for Morley, it'll be interesting to see whether he features with the NRL contingent available. I would expect George Burgess and James Graham in the squad, so I'd expect at least one forward to make way. I'd expect a similar scenario with Widdop for Chase and Sam Burgess / Chris Heighington for JJB.

Other than that, I don't feel that Steve McNamara has many better options. The fact is that the majority of our better players aren't flying over for this.

They wonder why no one watches International Rugby League

Same Old Same Old

as a hull fc fan, pretty relieved that only 1 fc has been picked, don't want to see any injuries picked up whilst we are in a good run, England honours can wait until the end of the season for me, but I doubt McNamara will be brave enough to go for youth!

JJB? Seriously? There's several better English backrowers in the comp than him!
I would have gone Walmsley to add an extra big man in the squad in case one picks up a knock this week or in training the week after.

I would have said Moz is only in the squad for his influence in the dressing room as the older statesman but only having 4 props it probably means he'll get a game. He's only just returned from injury though so I don't think that's the best option we could have taken.

I'm probably in the minority that I'd still have Sinfield & Chase with Myler as backup.

My only other differences to the squad what I called this morning was I'd have Lunt over Burrow and I picked Ratchford as cover for the backs but Ferres more than deserves his call up so no argument there really.

I'd go;
Tomkins
Charnley Cudjoe Hardaker Hall
Sinfield Chase
Mossop Roby Crabtree
Ellis Westwood
O'Loughlin

Subs
Hill Morley Farrell Myler

Burrow might actually do better for England than he has for Leeds because he'll be starting on the bench which is what McDermott should've done weeks ago. JJB's problem is he's a penalty machine at the minute, but his general play is good (144m and 41 tackles against Hull), he shouldn't get in though.

Where are the the centre's? McBanana has an obsession with playing people out of position, which is completely ridiculous when we have several tried and tested English centre's playing in super league!

Apart from those that do, and enjoy it. RL fans are a bunch of miserable g!ts.

I reckon the team will be:

Tomkins
Charnley
Cudjoe
Hardaker
Hall
Sinfield
Chase
Mossop
Roby
Hill
Ellis
Westwood
Flanders

Burrow
Crabtree
Morley
Ferres

Does he? who apart from Hardaker will be playing out of position? who in last years tournament played out of position?