1 Tomkins
2 Charnley
3 Reed
4 Atkins
5 Hall
6 Widdop
7 Smith
8 Graham
9 Roby (c)
10 Sam Burgess
11 westwood
12 Ellis
13 O'loughlian

14 Burrow
15 Mossop
16 Hock
17 Crabtree

18 Ratchford
19 Luke Burgess
20 JJB
21 Tom Briscoe
22 Lomax
23 Mcllorum
24 Hill
25 Ablett

We would have a fair shot against NSW with that team but would struggle against Queensland and thrashed by Australia (again)!!

I know Charnley is a good player, but playing both wings in the same game is some going for anyone!!!

Because I included 4 Saints players out of a squad of 25?

Ideally France would tour at the same time and play PNG one week after GB then play NZ in a three test series whilst GB were playing the Ashes games.

FB. Tomkins
Wings. Charnley, Hall, Briscoe,
Centres. Reed, Atkins, Watkins, Cudjoe
Halves. Widdop, Brough, Smith, Lomax
Props. Hill, Mossop, Graham, Burgess, Carvell
Back Row. Burgess, Harrison, Hock, O'Loughlin, Tickle, Ellis
Hookers. Roby, McIllorum

Can we sack McNamara before 2013, if so we have a decent chance if Harrison, Hill, Mossop, Watkins, Burgess boys, McIllorum etc develop further,

Anyone but Ryan Bailey

Interesting that virtually everyone opts for Brough.
Bet Mcnamara omits him from final squad.

I have my doubts too to be honest. He'll be 30 and he never sems to perform consistantly for a full season. I think Matty Smith if he has another good year next year could be in.

A trip down under would be definitely on the cards for this.

1- S Tomkins
2-Ryan Hall
3- Jack Reed
4- Ryan Atkins
5- Tom Briscoe
6- Gareth Widdop
7- Rangi Chase
8- James Graham
9- Mike McIlorum
10 Sam Burgess
11-Gareth Ellis (c)
12- Ben Westwood
13- Sean O'Loughlin

14- Eorl Crabtree
15- Lee Mossop
16- Gareth Hock
17- James Roby

18- Greg Eden
19- Josh Charnley
20- Kallum Watkins
21- Johnny Lomax
22- Luke Robinson
23- Chris Hill
24- Luke Burgess
25- John Bateman

I’m hoping that another full Super League and NRL season will see a number of young players play themselves into contention

We have the building blocks of a decent squad

Full backs: Tomkins is nailed on barring injury and I really like the look of Eden but next year may be a little too early

Wings: Any three from Briscoe, Hall and Charnley who are all a step up from recent English wings

Centres: Watkins could be a great centre – has athleticism and skill. Needs to tighten up his defence but in another 12 months he could be the real deal. Alongside him either Reed or Atkins

Stand-off: Widdop – performing at a good standard week in week out in a leading NRL team, not sure what more he has to do to get the number 6 jersey for England

Scrum half: Lomax – again in 12 months I think he will be capable of really bossing a game, already showing he can do this for Saints in spells. I would have had Brough in the squad last year but not as convinced now. Matty Smith may be a shout after a year at Wigan

Props: Rotating with Graham, Sam Burgess, Mossop and probably Chris Hill the way he is improving (although I think George Burgess will be a regular in South’s NRL squad next year, will be interesting to see if he can get fast international recognition like his brother)

Hooker: Roby nailed on and McIlorum the other specialist. At least one of Robinson and Burrow in the squad for cover

Back row: Ellis, Westwood, Hock and O’Loughlin

My 17 from that would probably be below but I hope that some youngsters push their way into the picture

Tomkins
Briscoe
Watkins
Reed
Hall
Widdop
Lomax
Graham
Roby
Sam Burgess
Ellis
Westwood
O’Loughlin

Mossop
Hill
Hock
McIlorum

Tomkins
Charnley
Goulding
Aitkins
Hall
Widdop
Brough
Prescott
McIllorum
Mossop
Hock
Westwood
O,Loughlin.

just wondering who do you support????

For a 25 man squad, something like:

Tomkins
Briscoe
Reed
Watkins
Hall
Widdop
Brough
Mossop
Roby
Graham
Ellis
Hock
Sam Burgess

Crabtree
Carvell
Westwood
O'Loughlin

Patrick
Luke Burgess
McIllorum
Sinfield
Burrow
Chase
Charnley
Cudjoe

Was going to pick Smith at 7 but thought that I wouldn't
push my luck!!!

Tomkins
Charnley
Reed
Atkins
Hall
Widdop
Brough
Graham
McIlorum
Burgess
Ellis
Hock
O'Loughlin

Crabtree
Westood
Mossop
Roby

Hill
Patrick
Bateman
Harrison
Lomax
Gaskell
Shenton
Ratchford
Briscoe

Picking an inital 32 man squad with plenty of cover I'd be looking at something like:

Tomkins
Ratchford

Charnley
Hall
Briscoe

Reed
Atkins
Watkins
Goulding

Widdop
Chase

Brough
Lomax/Smith

Graham
Mossop
L Burgess
Prescott
Hill
Carvell
McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Patrick

Roby
McIlorum
Burrow/Houghton

S Burgess
Ellis
Hock
Westwood
Farrell
JJB/Bateman
O’Loughlin
Sinfield

Obviously aspects such as 2013 form/injuries are going to play a massive part in whittling that down to a final 24 and then 17. I've tried to mix some of the most promising younger players with experience and remove what I consider dead wood from the squad. If McNamara is still in charge a lot of this will still be floating around however no doubt.

Lets get a petition going to bring back the Lions and the tour and send it to the RFL and ARL

PNG V GB Port Moresby
Prime Ministers 13 V GB Canberra
Kangaroos V GB, Sydney
Kangaroos V GB Melbourne
Kangaroos V GB Brisbane
Kiwis V GB Christchurch
Fiji V GB Suva

i will try again.

1 S.Tomkins
2 T.Briscoe
3 Reed
4 Atkins
5 R.Hall
6 Widdop
7 Brough
8 Graham
9 Roby
10 Harrison
11 Westwood
12 Hock
13 S.Burgess
S Burrow
S R.Bailey
S Crabtree
S Patrick

Reserves:
1. Goulding
2 Mossop
3 Charnley
4 Carvell
5 Lomax
6 Broughton
7 Bateman
8 Cudjoe

24 man squad

Initial 17
1. Tomkins
2. Charnley
3. Watkins
4. Reed
5. Hall
6. Brough/Widdop
7. Lomax
8. Mossop
9. Roby
10. Graham
11. Ellis
12. Westwood
13. O'Loughlin (C)

14. Burrow
15. Burgess
16. Hock
17. Carvell

18. Brough/Widdop
19. Sinfield
20. Hill
21. Crabtree
22. Jones-Buchanan
23. Atkins
24. McIlorum

Tomkins / Hardaker
Hall / McGilvary
Watkins / Reed
Atkins / Goulding
Briscoe / Charnley
Chase / Widdop
Brough / McGuire
Graham / Carvell
Roby / McIlorum
Burgess / LMS
Ellis / Farrell
Hock / JJB
Sinfield / O'Loughlin

Robinson / Burrow
Mossop / Carvell
Watts / Lynch
Wilkin / JJB

I'd love to see England vs England with something along the lines of these two squads. Surely it'd be interesting for the fans to come and spectate rather than cheer? The game would be full-blooded coming into direct competition for places.

England v England followed by England v Exiles?

Obviously I'm biased but Briscoe has proven that he can do alot more than just scored tries and some brilliant ones at that. Charnley although he's a very good winger and one of the best English wingers around is fortunate to be playing for easily the best team in the comp were alot of his tries are handed to him. Which he mentioned himself on the Super League show the other night. Can't recall seeing him break a tackle and go the full length of the pitch or anything of note.
Like I said I'm obviously going to be bias but for me Hall and Briscoe are the two best wingers for England at the minute, followed by Charnley.

yes i totally agree with that

I actually think Charnley and Briscoe are. Never really got the attraction with Hall. Good athelete and scored two good tries against Aus last year but he's nothing special for me. Too much emphasis is put on who scores the most tries when discussing the best wingers but wingers who score alot tend to get alot of walk ins because they are in the best teams. Hall is a perfect example of this and I don't often see Hall score a try that Briscoe couldn't have scored. However I see Briscoe do something every week and think, "theres not many who could do what he just did there." Take the Leeds game on Friday, quiet game by him (and all the wingers really) but could Hall have slid behind his line to clean up that kick before making 20 metres? Not a chance.

I don't think you've actually watched much of Ryan Hall have you? He's a much better defender than Briscoe, he frequently picks up the ball behind his line and makes good metres against the odds, he's capable of some magic jinking runs, scored plenty of long range tries and, whilst he's no Vainakolo, he barges defenders out of the way to score tries that Briscoe simply wouldn't have a hope of managing.

Nothing against Briscoe, I like him, but if you don't think Hall has much about him then you're either blinkered or bonkers.