Quote ="tristram"As many have pointed out, the England squad is not exactly brimming with world class players. The only way that they're going to do well is if they play as a true team, one where players run their blood to water for each other. Taking someone with a suspect attitude and a tendency towards disruptive is, therefore, out of the question as you are stuck with them at close-quarters for 6 weeks!.
(I remember Kear being a guest at one of the Giants' televised games and saying something like - "of course, that's the other side of Danny boy" just after he'd been giving some of his new team-mates his thoughts on their performance. Brown pulled him off the field in the next 5 minutes).'"
This is nowhere near enough. To beat NZ and Oz we need gamebreakers.
Without players with flair and talent we will lose. With them we may still lose but with them we have a shot at winning.
Brough has an outstanding kicking game and his attitude has improved significantly. I am also happy he is not going on the tour. It means Nathan Brown can have a longer pre season with Danny. Nathan is very good working with hookers and halves (Moore, Robbo and Lunt have all got international calls while coached by NB) and will make Brough a far better player.
