Brough had a good first 40 mins with the boot but in attack in the 2nd half the only thing I can remember is throwing the ball into touch, a 2nd half which Leeds managed to force 3 drop outs through kicks to the in-goal area. Brough did stand up in defence but then again so did Sinfield who did even more work in that department. If any back won Hudds the game it was Cudjoe.

Was Brough better than Sinfield on Saturday, yes........was he excellent and put on a performance that would suggest he'd frighten the Aussies, no.

If you made the straight swap of Brough for Sinfield for England then he'd face the same problem as Sinfield did in the 2011 4 Nations final. Australia knew it was always going to be Sinfield getting it on the 5th and rushed out well to stop him (something Leeds defenders failed to do on Saturday)....Brough would struggle the same if given similar treatment.

Huddersfield play well, Brough looks good, Giants fans get a boner and acclaim him as the best half back in the competition.

When Huddersfield play badly and get bent over though, it's always another part of the team's fault. Brough is teflon to Giants fans, he can do no wrong even when he does.

Second half on Saturday he disappeared into a Giant sized hole with the wind against him. His kicks were poor, his passing game was haphazard.

Numerous international coaches for England and GB have looked at him and gone "no thanks". Clearly, they have seen something in his game that those fans clamouring for his selection haven't.

So what was Sinfields game like? In Leeds two
biggest games so far this year (CC against Hudds and the WCC) Sinfield has fine missing in both.

For all the England coaches that said no thanks to Brough, how successful were England?

You're seriously going to question Sinfield's performances in "big" games?

I'll let him have two bad ones, he's more than due after all the outstanding ones he's put in over the last 10 years.

Brough has actually played for England, and was pretty poor.

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Why not? People are questioning Wellens and he's had plenty of big games.

I feel embarrassed for whoever took the time to make that.

Once, with the rest of the team being even worse

Sinfield has a track record of going AWOL for England

Except Sinfields record for England is no where near as bad as made out.

The problem with Sinfield is that he is the best captain in an England shirt but not the best player in either the 6 or 13 shirt. I would have Widdop as 6 and Sam or Lockers at 13 above Sinfield any day of the week. However he has to be fitted in somewhere.

Also how many Challenge Cup winners medals has Sinfield won?

The same amount as Sean O'Loughlin. He has also been awarded the Lance Todd award.
What was the point you were trying to make?

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It also nullifies the problem of the Aussies knowing who to pressure on the last tackle every time, as we have two genuinely high class in play kickers there.

It really baffles me that people still consider Sinfield a loose forward. He's a half back.