did i read somewhere that willie tonga has somekind of foot injury??

Lyon been ruled out as well

Running scared!!! Come on England! At least the Aussies have got an excuse for getting beat now. They didn't have one ready at the World Cup.

very true

I've had a quick look around, and the following are all out of the train-on squad so far:

Greg Inglis
Israel Folau*
Josh Morris
Justin Hodges
Michael Jennings
Jamie Lyon
Willie Tonga*
Johnathon Thurston
Steven Price*
Michael Crocker*
Mark Minichello

*Unavailable for selection in the squad due to injury/AFL.

There's a bit of me that want sot nod sagely and say that having so many people out would devalue any British victory.

However, basically I don't give a stuff. They're always telling us they've got loads more depth, so this shouldn't be a problem for them. Whinging gits.

Got to be a good chance for England. A real shame we're going to be missing Peacock and Eastmond, so let's hope Tomkins doesn't get hurt in the final. Perhaps Wigan should help the England cause by not playing him.

after all they could put a NYC under20's team out that would beat us...apparently



lets see

Or a Toyota Cup team.

Absolutely... if (and it is still a pretty sizable if) England turn Australia over in the 4 Nations then they cannot use injuries as an excuse

You cannot spend three decades boasting of how you could send 3 or 4 teams over to beat the Poms and then blame injuries when you do lose... that level of hypocrisy would be mind blowing

Still.... we actually have to do well in the comp first!

seem to me all the pressure is on the aussies......especially after what happened at the world cup....lets see what they are made of..

Who are we missing?

By my reckoning:
Peacock
Eastmond?
Yeaman
Jones Bishop
Pryce
Bridge
Watts

McGuire of course

Of the list above, I would suggest that Peacock, Bridge and Eastmond would be in the 1st choice 17 (many would argue for Pryce and/or McGuire but they would be up against some stiff competition)