lol

McNamara.

Looking at the squad & omissions I reckon he's planning on playing Widdop at centre too.

(Tomkins; Briscoe, Reed, Widdop, Hall; Chase, Lomax; Graham, Roby, Peacock, Westwood, Ellis, Sinfield; Morley, Carvell, Heighington, Wlilkin/Ablett/JJB)

Because it gives the team the best overall balance.

We're lacking quality in the centres. Yeaman's very ordinary (only gets a sniff due to the paucity of good English centres in SL) and Widdop's as good a centre as he is stand off.

Sinfield has shown time and again that, given the right role, is a top player with a great rugby brain. Make him the fulcrum of the side, with Lomax playing the probing role from scrum half.

If England are to stand any chance, they need to be organised early on in games. Whilst Chase is a top player when running with the ball, his distribution isn't top drawer and he can be a bit of a maverick. Him coming off the bench will give England a more potent attacking weapon when the opposition isn't as fresh (and haven't prepared as thorough a gameplan to counter his threat as they would if he started)

How do you know he is as good at centre than 5/8, he's barely ever played there!!

one person puts cudjoe in there team at centre!

cudjoe is a massive talent...was oustanding for us the last two months and won the player of the month for aug/sept

hope he gets in and shows his talent -

back line of...

tomkins

hall
cudjoe
reed
briscoe

Ablett and Bailey ? Lol

Actually from that selection cometh forth a decent side, not a bit worried about oz,nz have been weakened with injuries i would have put Brough in but all in all happy with squad .

couldnt agree more mate as a saints fan been bigin up cudjoe for ages and lawrence

Because when he has, he's looked accomplished.

when was that then?

Re the Atkins had a terrible tour last year comments. Let's not forget he only actually played in one test (v New Zealand). It's not as if he has had several chances and has always failed to shine (like Sinfield for example). He's improved a lot and has been by far the best centre in Super League this year in a team which has been by far the best team, and his omission from the squad is puzzling, although with Warrington only providing 3 players to the squad then maybe there are some others who may feel unlucky too.

In his breakthrough season with MS, he played mostly centre and, IIRC, he's played spells in games at centre this season, too. That's as well as slotting in at centre for England last year.

Is the inquisition over now? There seems to be an awful lot of aggression over one small issue.