Don't think there was much wrong with the team selection. Sooner or later people are gonna have to face up to the fact that Australia have a bigger pool of better players to select from than England do, hence why they invariably beat us.

1 Sam Tomkins
2 Tom Briscoe
3 Kirk Yeaman
4 Jack Reed
5 Ryan Hall
6 Kevin Sinfield
7 Gareth Widdop
8 James Graham
9 James Roby
10 Sam Burgess
11 Ben Westwood
12 Gareth Ellis
13 Sean O'Loughlin
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R Rob Burrow
R Jamie Jones-Buchanan
R Jamie Peacock
R Adrian Morley

Widdop
Hall
Reed
Watkins
Briscoe

Tomkins
Lomax

Graham
Roby
S Burgess
Ellis
Westwood
Sinfield

Mossop
Carvell
Manu
Houghton

Sorry mate, don't get why you'd have a player who plays at 1 at 6 and a player who plays at 6 at 1.

Watkins over Yeaman, like it.

Basically.

we have the same job to do, our positions are (nearly) exactly the same, the only difference is one of us kicks, the other doesn't and i play down the left and my 7 down the right

Having split halfbacks is a terrible idea, it slows down attacks and you can spot a set move coming a mile off because the halfbacks usually go over to the same side of the pitch for them.

I was going to put them the other way round but I think Tomkins needs some work on his positional play and diffusing kicks whereas Widdop is probably a bit more switched on in defence. In attack 1 and 6 and pretty much interchangeable anyway.

Fair point. Switching them is an option. I'd worry about Tomkins line defence though.

Does it not occur to you that forwards tire the most and you cant put a winger on the bench just in case of injury. A 6 and a winger on the bench is the dumbest idea I have heard especially when you have picked and aging Peacock to start and an aging Morley on the bench. And the fact I didnt put a 17 down doesnt mean it isnt a terrible idea.

FWIW I would go for something like this

1- Tomkins
2- Hall
3- Reed
4- Shenton/Bridge
5- Briscoe

6- Widdop
7- Lomax

8- Graham
9- Roby
10- S Burgess
11- Ellis
12- Westwood
13- O'Loughlin

14- Mossop
15- Carvell
16- Wilkin
17- Brough/Burrow/Chase

Edit!

1 Sam Tomkins
2 Tom Briscoe
3 Kirk Yeaman
4 Jack Reed
5 Ryan Hall
6 Kevin Sinfield
7 Gareth Widdop
8 James Graham
9 James Roby
10 Sam Burgess
11 Ben Westwood
12 Gareth Ellis
13 Sean O'Loughlin
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R Rob Burrow
R Jamie Jones-Buchanan
R Jamie Peacock
R Lee Mossop

1. Sam Tomkins
2. Ryan Hall
3. Jack Reed
4. Michael Shenton
5. Tom Briscoe
6. Johhnny Lomax
7. Danny Brough
8. Sam Burgess
9. James Roby
10. James Graham
11. Gareth Ellis
12. Ben Westwood
13. Shaun O'Loughlin

14. L Robinson
15. Eorl Crabtree
16. Garreth Carvell
17. Gareth Hock

Hardaker instead of Hall?!