Hall should be one of the first names on the team sheet. His ability to eat up the metres on kick returns are invaluable against the big two and his finishing ability has been proven time and again on the biggest stage.

bateman got to be in, best 2nd rower in sl

I'd read that Sam Burgess and one of the other brothers weren't all that this season. Anyone watch the NRL regularly confirm/deny that?
Bateman is not the best 2nd rower in SL, that'd be Mark Minichello, he might have a shout for one of the top ENGLISH 2nd rowers.

Tomkins broughton Watkins cudjoe magillvary gale Sneyd graham hodgson hill s burgess whitehead Bateman subs g burgess Taylor Currie Houghtön

I agree. I hope he gets nowhere near selection at the end of the season.

1. He doesn't deserve a place, swanning in halfway through the season and hardly setting the world alight.

2. He's clearly still recovering from his injury and would benefit a full off-season.

I'd pick Gale, and Brown in the halves at the moment. 2 experienced halves with a good all round game. I'm not convinced by Sneyd, he seems to have a good left boot, but seems somewhat one dimensional to me.

George is doing OK, Sam looks as though he is bearing the weight of expectation and struggling. It doesn't help either that Souths invested so much into bringing Sam back they've lost the balance of the squad by letting others go to accommodate him under the cap.

The first one of your post puts you on a similar level to the thread instigator. Feel free to debate whether you think Tomkins should be in the England side or not, I believe he is the best English full back, others will disagree. To suggest either Tierney or Sarg are better is either a pathetic troll attempt or demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about the sport.

from what i've seen there's no real problem with sam, he's knocking out decent performances, perhaps not at the level he was in his first stint but still pretty good. to be fair the whole souths team hasn't been on it this season after a decent start. the main problem is tom burgess. he's lost form and doesn't seem to want to be at south sydney anymore. he was rumoured to want to try his hand at gridiron but not sure if anything came of this

better to have one good foot than 2 s**t ones though

1. Tomkins
2. McGilvary
3. Watkins
4. Atkins
5. Hall
6. Widdopp
7. Hodgkinson
8. Graham
9. Hodgson
10. G Burgess
11. Cooper
12. Westwood
13. S Burgess

14. Roby
15. Hill
16. Whitehead
17. O'Loughlin

I think we need to start the game with the biggest and most powerful pack we can. Bateman is too small to play international level in the forwards IMO. Westwood is knocking on a bit but still has something to offer in fairly short spells. McGilvary and Hall on the wings are no brainers.

The people on this thread who omit Elliot Whitehead cannot have been watching Canberra play (and Canberra is now 3rd on the NRL ladder). Though he is not as dominant as Joshua Hodgson in the team, Whitehead has been outstanding in defence every week, and has done some spectacular things in attack over the season. He is a necessity for England.

On form (and form should be the main criterion), Jodie Broughton has been a far better winger than Ryan Hall in 2016.