Sinfield at 6? Oh dear lord.

Widdop + Chase should be the pairing we're trying to get gelled.

A great kicking game is needed against Aus, that is why Sinfield has to be in the starting 13. You can't play him at loose forward after playing a full season at 6, so 6 it is. Widdop off the bench seems a good move to me.

I dont see the issue with playing Sinfield at 6. He will play as first receiver i would imagine, and supply Chase and Tomkins with the ball out wide, so effectively playing as a 7. When he has played in the halves previously he hasnt had a real pivot chiming in from full back (he had Wellens) so had to be relied to be a flair player which isnt his game. I think he will go well

Chris Heighington can walk straight into the best pack in the World?
Not even as a bench player but the starting 13?

against france jonesy...

Sinfield to 9 if Mr Perpetual Motion has a rest.

Most of the rest of the team are likely to be in the starting 17 for the 4 Nations.
Just experimenting with Chris Heighington? makes sense.

I agree

Morley over Carvell is the only pick I'd disagree with.

That team will trample France.

Maybe.... but Chris Heighington and Jack Reed play all of the players in the Oz and Kiwi teams every week so it will hardly be a shock for them.
Heighington will not need an easy debut if he was not going to be included in the 17 for the 4 Nations would he?
Bit disappointed that the form forward of the fantastic Leeds team is not included in the French Test.

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Its Rangi's Brother

What I expected really, although the lack of a hooker on the bench would worry me even though we know Roby can do the full 80, against the Aussies and NZ he will probably need a rest, and we dont need Sinfield at 9!