Good point, but I wasn't questioning you starting the post (albeit maybe it reads like that), but just that us lowly Championship fans have as much right to comment as super dooper league fans.

This is my guess at how they will line up. When you actually look at that it doesn't look so weak, my initial thoughts were just about who wasn't playing and not the actual squad. I think their forward pack and bench will be marginally better than England's and there's some genuine quality in the 3/4. I think their halves might struggle if they do go with Martin and Nikorima, both should be big spots for England when NZ are defending. Yes they are missing some certain starters but it's still a strong team on paper and with Maguire at the helm it could be a very tight game.

1. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
2. Jamayne Isaac
3. Peta Hiku/Jordan Kahu
4. Esan Marsters
5. Ken Maumalo
6. Te Maire Martin
7. Kodi Nikorima
8. Martin Taupau
9. Isaac Luke
10. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
11. Joseph Tapine
12. James Fisher-Harris
13. Isaac Liu

14. Slade Griffin
15. Nelson Asofa-Solomona
16. Leeson Ah Mau
17. Herman Ese’ese

Its pointless game anyway, a gimmick played in a mid west city, played right in the middle of the Football world cup. it will be lucky to get more than 1/4 a page in just about every national news paper. it not even a true national side, just Bennett England NRL select with a few super league players thrown in to keep the piece.

Some Leigh players have been missing from Leigh's side at certain points this season


Seriously though, which Leigh players should be anywhere near either England or the NZ side



On the subject of 30 point victory, I think the op is on the wind up, again

Errm, you brought up Leigh in this thread.

This post is off topic, Catalans may well beat us on Wednesday, we have an injury crisis at the moment and Catalans are a good side. Either way confident Leeds will be top 8.

Budge said it was a joke .…...and to be honest, so are you.

Budgie beat him to mentioning Leigh, he just narked by it

Replying to yourself again Cokey

Back on topic, from the England squad I expect our line up to be

1 Ratchford
2 McGilvary
3 Connor
4 Percival
5 Hall
6 Widdop
7 Lomax
8 Graham
9 Roby
10 Burgess
11 Burgess
12 Whitehead
13 O’loughlin
14 Hill
15 Thompson
16 Taylor
17 Bateman

18 Makinson

Really?
I reckon that given access to all available and qualified players, maybe only 5 or 6 of that Squad might have been named....that's a poor Kiwis squad and I can see them getting hammered!

Probably, and you have just got Luke Briscoe on loan from Featherstone. He is their top try scorer by a 'country mile' and a record breaker also. But as the middle 8's are coming up Fev decided they don't need him !



Nice 'backhander/cash in a brown envelope' from Mr Hetherington....