Been carrying an injury all season so has had an operation so definitely out. Briscoe will do well with some decent ball which he hasn't had all season

Just announced that O'Loughin's injury has fully healed but is still a doubt for the Grand Final. That suggests he should be ok for the World Cup.

Also I'd still have Briscoe over Lineham fit or not but I'm a big fan of Briscoe and may be in the minority. Definitely Englands third best winger.

A decent enough squad, but still some gripes. How T Burgess is ahead of Crabtree I will never know. He was dropped by us towards the end of last season. I just cannot see how the NRL made him into an international prop in 12 moths.

Lunt should be over Mcclorum everytime

Surprised Matty Smith isn't in as if Sinfield gets a knock, we've no kicker!

Would also have chosen Ratchford over Hardaker. Ratchford has been better this year and offers not versatility than Hardaker.

Just my opinion of ciurse

The comedy pick in the squad is Farrell, would have Ferres, Kirmond and JJB(if fit) in ahead of him.

I think the balance of the starting 17 will depend on the fitness of Sean O'Loughlin. If he his fit to play I think Sam Burgess will play mostly 2nd row, if O'Loughlin is not fit to play I expect him to play at LF

From the England RL site:

Squad will travel to training camp in South Africe on 02 Oct, with some players joining up on 07 Oct after the GF.

Huddersfield’s Brett Ferres will travel to South Africa but has not been named in the Rugby League World Cup squad.

Thought Smith might have got in. Cannot see us winning it no matter who we picked.

So what does that show? We can't defend. Anyone can pick one score and isolate it.

Usually the Aussies score out wide, not through the middle...

You obviously haven't seen much of Farrell, apart from him scoring against you last week...

Agree with you about Lockers being key though. I'd hope SM will put Sinfield at 13 if Lockers isn't fit because no matter how good Sinfield is he is never an international-standard half-back...

Ah well, at least we can aim for a 3rd place finish.....

stop making stories up, o'loughlin has been edging close to being fit for the past 2 weeks and may play this weekend.

Ratchford is very unlucky to miss out. Every time I've seen him this year he's looked dangerous. I'd certainly have picked him ahead of Burrow in the halves, or dropped the third winger option in Briscoe, as Ratchford is pretty versatile and 3 wingers is a waste of a spot.

He was talking about Tom Lineham whose fitness was queried in the post he quoted