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

Probably confused it was such a rare occasion, pass the ball into space and the combination of hall and shenton will score tries, when we do occasionally pass the ball out we do it when there defensive line is already on top of us.

I don't have a problem with Shenton at all and have posted on the Wigan forum that i thought he went pretty well against the French. This however is a huge step up and I wouldn't really back any English centre bar maybe Keith Senior(due to his sheer size) to stand a chance of limiting the damage Inglis could do to us.

The reason i'd pick Eastmond over Shenton is that i believe he'll cause far more problems going forward then Shenton will and that could just tire out a big bloke in Inglis enough to limit his impact(which i'd guess would still be huge). It could backfire bigtime but it's a gamble i'd take.

As for Shenton long term he'll be a good superleague centre(and already is one) but if he's to cut it at international level he may need to put abit of bulk on. When you look at all the best centres over the past few years like Inglis, Hodges, Senior, Gasnier, Cooper, Talau(for a short spell with the Kiwi's) etc they've all been big blokes and powerfull blokes and for Shenton to match those sort of guys it's something he may have to look at.

And as for his lack of ball so far thats something i totally agree with and it's been a problem for a while with England and from my point of view at Wigan. I'm more then used to watching a side where our right centre and winger never touch the ball other then to run it out from dummy half.

The are certainly more solid backlines Smith could pick. It is strange that he seems to not care what happens.

When is the team announced?

S. Briscoe
Smith
Eastmond
Ellis
Hall
McGuire
Tomkins
Graham
Roby
Morley
Wilkin
Peacock
Sinfield

Burgess
Carvell
Myler
T. Briscoe

Sorry i forgot that he needs to play for the big 4, ah well send him home then

Got to have more than 2 props on the bench, we are playing the Aussies!!!

Forgive me if i just havent looked hard enough but the only comment i can see on shenton from your board is 'i dont rate him tbh'.