Sinfield might be tried at 9. He has played there before and done well.
The Ausies and Kiwis know how Roby works. From the quick ptb.
They both slow it down it and nulify any of his speed around the ptb area.
Hence we end up going nowhere.
Sinfield might, just, be the kind of play maker that could undo them so their 3 and 4 men in the tackle can be offset by a long pass from dummy half.
Roby to come on from the bench after 25 mins.
Just a thought as Roby has hardly made a break in recent Intls.

I can agree with this as Sinfield did play well at 9 at times in 2009. But I don't think you can play him at 9 ahead of Burrow, McIlorum, Houghton etc.

Seriously, Sinfield has been fit for the last (probably) 5 or 6 end of season Internationals and he has yet to cement his place in one position for England. How many more goes is he gonna have at being average in another position?

I think we can safely say the following:

1: All Wigan fan's would pick SO'L
2:All Leeds fans will go for Sinfield
3:All neutrals appreciate both are good players and will base their choice on how the rest of their squads will line up

Replacement hooker is an interesting pick, Roby seems nailed on for 9 of most and then you have Henderson, Burrow, Robinson, Houghton. Plenty of choice. Again, a choice that may depend on how the rest of your personal team lines up.

One thing for sure, England seem to have more options than for a while.

Tomkins
Hall
Reed
Watkins
Briscoe/Charnley/McGilvery/BJB
Widdop
Brough
Graham
Roby
Peacock
Ellis
Westwood
Burgess

Burrow
Mossop
Hock
Crabtree/Patrick/JJB

I disagree.
Hall far outplayed Briscoe last time out in internationals, imo.
Also, i don't see how playing Hall is "relying on the usual formula", Hall has played a couple of games for england and played well, why drop him?
Hall and Charnley on the wings for me.

I think Hall is in the group of a few players who's position isn't up for debate, dead cert

I'm stunned that not everyone has selected Hall & Briscoe as the 2 wingers. The centres are up for debate, but not the wingers, both dead certs for me.

For my starting line-up I'd go with:

Tomkins
Hall
Watkins
Atkins
Briscoe
Widdop
Brough
Graham
Roby
Peacock
Ellis
Westwood
Burgess

Burrow
Mossop
Crabtree
JJB

and then I would have these guys making up the rest of the squad:

Patrick
Houghton
O'Loughlin
Reed
Charnley
Cudjoe

Why are you looking to the past? Surely you pick your International team on form?

The form English scrum-half is Danny Brough, so you pick him.

My team at this stage would be

1. Sam Tomkins
2. Josh Charnley
3. Jack Reed
4. Kallum Watkins
5. Ryan Hall
6. Gareth Widdop
7. Danny Brough
8. James Graham
9. James Roby
10. Sam Burgess
11. Ben Westwood
12. Gareth Ellis
13. Sean O'Loughlin

14. Lee Mossop
15. Eorl Crabtree
16. Gareth Hock
17. Kevin Sinfield

Briscoe isn't fast enough or good enough in defence and it's been made pretty clear the last few times he's played for England. Charnley is a better player.

Agreed, he has been outplayed in every game against Australia and was shocking in the 4 Nations final.

I would go:

Tomkins
Hall Reed Watkins Charnley
Widdop Brough
Burgess Roby Graham
Westwood JJB
Ellis

Crabtree, Hock, Burrow, Mossop

We are playing international dross this year so we dont need to play the likes of sinfield, jp and mozza and should be trying out some other players