You can't say that! 'Lockers' is the world's best forward, even Michael Maguire said so!

Given that our best forwards are currently playing in the NRL and not available for this game which is in my unhumble opinion a waste of time just there to keep certain elements of the media happy, why worry? If our squad for the WC looks like the one for the Exiles game, then I'll start complaining.

fb - billy slater vs sam tomkins (experience wins with billy but sam wont be far off!)
wing - akuila uate vs ryan hall (id give this one to hall!)
ctr - inglis vs atkins (close match as its gonna get)
ctr - lawrence vs reed (reed edges it)
wing - yow yeh vs charnley (yow yeh hands down)
so - cherry evans vs brough (daly is young but skillfull, brough experienced and i think edges)
sh - thurston vs widdop (closer match)
prop - gallen vs jp (in form at the moment gallen by a mile but on there day evens)
hooker - cameron smith vs roby (good matching at the moment but smith takes it)
prop - scott vs l burgess (looking better than sam for me
sr - t-rex vs hock (two intimedating forwards good match up)
sr - thaiday vs westwood (again 2 aggresive forwards good battlr)
lf - watmough ellis (ellis edges it)

Edited to includr nrl and injured and we are in good shape

can tell you dont like wigan, luke burgess over mossop? do you even watch the nrl? also ellis over o'loughlin? dont be stupid yeah ellis is a work horse so is o'loughlin and has better hands than ellis.

Should never have been given the job in the first place.

Can still seem him around, even after WC 2013, which is depressing

Quite the opposite I am taking club bias out of it I watch souths whenever they play on tv and luke burgess has been immense the only oversight I may of made was jammer but sorry I know I upset all wigan fans when I dont include precious o'loughlin but ellis is better

The bottom line is if they play for the incomparable Wigan and they qualify they should be first choice for England.
McNamara should be sacked and someone put in plcae who recognises that England will never be capable of competing until the team is packed with Wigan players, all of whom are infinitely better than anyone in the world.

Seriously though Wolf, I think you're initial analysis was excellent.

I wouldn't pick Ellis at loose admittedly, but jeez calm down. Has captain fantastic won player of the year for an NRL team 3 years in a row?

Seriously bro, stay off that crack pipe.

I'd put Reed up against Inglis.
Chris Lawrence and Atkins would be a better match up in my opinion. (and I think Atkins would come out on top)

Inglis still wins but seriously which other english centre would get close to inglis