1. Briscoe
2. Hall
3. Eastmond
4. Smith
5. Briscoe
6. McGuire
7. Myler
8. Morley
9. Roby
10. Graham
11. Ellis
12. Peacock
13. Burgess

14. Sinfield
15. Crabtree
16. Westwood
17. Carvell

Nowhere near as good.

I don't deny Briscoe's ability and I was definitely one for including him in the squad and the team - I will not be unhappy if he is selected at full back against the Aussies

I do think though that Eastmond is a special talent - while he is not ready to boss a team around the field, his broken field play could be a real asset. I don't want him up against the monsters in the Aussie centres so hence the wildcard full back spot

He may be on the bench again come Saturday which would suit me fine as long as he gets some decent game time

I'd play Eastmond at centre tbh. He may be up against it in defence against the Aussies but at the end of the day so would Shenton be and unlike Shenton he'll cause his opposite number no end of problems going the other way and take some juice out of their attack.

Shenton would get butchered in attack and defence against Inglis whereas Eastmond imo might just cause him enough problems in defence to limit his effectivness in attack.

It's a long shot either way

So, once the 'monsters' in the Aussie centres have breezed through Briscoe, Shenton etc, your expecting them to give Eastmond a wide berth

At full back he is going to be the last line against them if they get any long range breakaways/tackle busts, I know who I would prefer. The amount of times Briscoe has saved certain tries for us in the last two seasons either as last man and tackling them or preventing them getting the ball down with a piece of magic is numerous and I doubt eastmond is capable of matching him as a top class full back.

The only player to do this for England on Friday was Eastmond

Given the French got over the line a grand total of three times, it's hardly a statistically representative sample.

He played a short time at FB against a team making up the numbers, we are now talking the Aussies and then the world champions. Totally different kettle of fish.

1. Smith
2. Fox
3. Eastmond
4. Ellis
5. Hall
6. Sinfield (will defend on Eastmonds side)
7. Tomkins
8. Morley
9. Roby
10. Graham
11. Peacock
12. Burgess
13. Wilkin

Subs
14. Carvell
15. Crabtree
16. Maguire
17. Westwood

Would this be the same Shenton that put in 21 tackles against the French, more than any other back in the team, & missed only 1

No one pretends it's going to be easy against the likes of Inglis, but leaving out the one player who was head & shoulders above any other England back defensively against the most potent attack in the World is sheer lunacy.

The guy (NickyKiss) seems to have a problem with Shenton, most of his posts have mentioned how bad Shenton is, the problem Shenton has had in the last 2 games he has played for England is that he has not had the ball, and hasn't been able to show his true potential, give him a chance, he is one of the best young centres in SuperLeague after Senior who has retired from International, so what other options do we have.

Shenton is a mile off being the centre Senior was/is.

He looked out of his depth against France and looked nervous with ball in hand.

This is true, but this is also the case for any other centre in england, so who else do you suggest?

Shenton is a young player who is playing in only his 2nd/3rd england game, he is going to be nervous on the 1 occasion he actually got the ball