Lynch has either been injured or turned down the chance to play for England time and agin. He'll be 34 by the time the world cup comes round. I think his chance has gone.

I think he's turned it down too many times to be considered now

i bet that you'd never even heard of tamou 6 months ago

And your point is?

I would much rather see young promising forwards come into the team now Peacock has gone. Give them the exiles games and tri nations to get them used to international rugby and see if they can make the step up

Exactly...and yet after a massive couple of games in Origin and looking good in the NRL, the Aussies have yet another quality young player pushing for selection!!

Compare that with this discussion of Ryan Bailey for England and is there any wonder we are so far behind??

prefer to see chris hill or mike cooper step up they have both looked excellent this year making meters, nothing too fancy but do the hard yards and keep gaining after contact

Id like to see Hill have a go. Tough lad with good leg drive from what I've seen, making yards after the collision is vital against the Aussies.

Neither are most of the Leeds team and yet there were six of them in the England team last week.

Bailey isn't good enough for international RL and I too would prefer some younger players given the opportunity now there is a place available. Chris Hill would be high on the list for me aswell.

Chris Hill should be given shot IMO.

Mossop, Hill, Harrison etc, are the future and should be gaining experience.

forwards we are not short of

carvell
hill
cooper
harrison
mossop
crabtree
graham
hock
westwood
ellis
burgess x 2 (been impressed with luke more than sam this year)
o'loughlin
jjb
tickle
bateman

and some promising youngsters coming through just at wire alone (i haven't seen many other teams youngsters)

currie (looks class)
laithewaite (may get a chance next year but looking good at leigh)
brooke broughton (jodies brother, is a beast and quick too)
danny bridge (chris's brother he may defect from ireland if he is given the choice)
ben evans
glenn riley

the area that we are miles behind is the backs but we are catching up with some young promising 6's and 7's coming through the ranks

hampshire at wigan looks the business
o'brien hasn't put a foot wrong covering for myler
stevie ward? leeds played against wire
myler is still young
ratchford
lomax


we are not far off but macnamara has to give some of these guys some experience and i thought thats what these exile games were about

This.