I havent read one team on here that is of a decent enough quality, even the one ive suggested. Nobodys fault, we just dont have the players, mainly in the backline. Although there has been some very strange and obvious club biased choices by some on here.

Mine would be

Briscoe
Smith
Shenton
Atkins/Gleeson
Hall
Tomkins
Eastmond
Peacock (if he wasnt injured that is)
Sinfield
Morley
Burgess
Ellis
O'Loughlin

Graham
Roby
Crabtree
J Tomkins

Pryce
Gardner
Shenton
Atkins
Hall
S.Tomkins
Eastmond
Graham
Lunt
Morley
Burgess
Ellis
Sinfield

J. Tomkins
Roby
Lynch
Myler (If he recovers in time) If not then another young back.

My team for France would be:

Leon Pryce
Tom Briscoe
Kirk Yeaman
Chris Bridge
Ryan Hall
Sam Tompkins
Kyle Eastmond
James Graham
Kevin Sinfield
Nick Scruton
Joel Tompkins
Ben Westwood
Sean O'Loughlin


Andy Lynch
Danny Tickle
Jamie Jones-Buchanan
Richie Myler - Could mix and match around 1,6,7 & 9.

Come 4 Nations time we could add Jamie Peacock, Adrian Morley,Sam Burgess & Gareth Ellis to this team, but we already know how these guys go, and we won't learn anything we don't already know about them.

Widdop
Fox
Pryce
Gleeson
Hall
Tomkins
Eastmond
Graham
Roby
Morley
Ellis
Burgess
O'Loughlin

Tomkins (J)
Crabtree/Lynch
Peacock
Higham/ A N other hooker or utility

pryce
smith
shenton
atkins
cudjoe
s tomkins
eastmond
gragham
sinfield
morley
s burgess
elliss
westerman

roby
peakock
lynch
LMS

Cudjoe
Hall
Shenton
Bridge
Riley
Tomkins
Eastmond
Lynch
Roby
Carvell
Tompkins
O'Loughlin
Sinfield

P Wood
Crabtree
Langley
Lunt

(With the likes of Peacock, Morley, Graham, Ellis, Burgess to be added later in year).

if we choose a young team or players who are on the fringe of making the team come the end of the year

widdop
riley
goulding/bridge
wheeler/bridge
cudjoe
s tomkins
eastmond
lynch
lunt
prescott
j tomkins
clough
westerman

myler
moore
o'carroll
mossop

According to the Hull Daily Mail Tom Briscoe is in, but no one else from Hull, and there is no mention about any Hull KR players, so I assume that there will be no Shaun Briscoe or Fox.

Guess we'll have to wait for the official squad.

1. Gareth Widdop
2. Ryan Hall
3. Chris Bridge
4. Michael Shenton
5. Tom Briscoe
6. Sam Tomkins

7. Kyle Eastmond
8. James Graham
9. Kevin Sinfield
10. Adrian Morley
11. Sam Burgess
12. Gareth Ellis
13. Sean O’Loughlin
14. James Roby
15. Nick Scruton
16. Jamie Peacock
17. Joel Tomkins

Danny McGuire
Ben Westwood

Cudjoe, halley, bridge and wilkins are not internatinal class players. The squad really does show how far away from the aussies we are especially in the backs. The pack could looks strong though. Personally the best 17 from Maccas squad would be.

1 Widdop
2 T Briscoe
3 Shenton
4 Ellis
5 Hall
6 Sinfield
7 Tomkins
8 Morley
9 Roby
10 Peacock
11 Joel Tomkins
12 Burgess
13 O'Laughlin

14 Graham
15 Scruton
16 Mcguire
17 Westwood

But that is still pretty poor. Only 1 recognised hooker??

I'd field an entirely LER side and give the TO and Catalan players a break - no point making most of the Catalan players play twice in one week.
Just had the LER final so Pia and FCL would provide most players and would be playing to get themselves on the map.
Only two of those are in the squad though, so ...

From the named 19 man squad

widdop
hall
shenton
bridge
t.briscoe
tomkins
mcguire
graham
sinfield
morley
ellis
tomkins
o'loughlin

burgess
scrutton
peacock
robey

Looking now with the couple of injuries picked up i'd select-

Widdop
Briscoe
Bridge
Shenton
Hall
Brown
S Tomkins
Graham
Sinfield
Peacock
Ellis
Burgess
O'Loughlin

subs
Morley
Scruton
J Tomkins
Roby(or Lunt if Roby is unfit)

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