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He's a decent Super League centre but, looking at it from an international perspective, is very ordinary.

PS - if Warrington really were "by far the best team" last season, shouldn't they have won something meaningful (and not the league-leader's hubcap consolation prize)

PPS - the only winger available to England with any sort of specialness about him is Charnley. This 4N probably too soon for him, but if he continues the sort of progress he's made this year, he'll be a shoe-in for England in the future.

no its not over yet...




how many games has he played at

I don't know.

Tell you what, I'll rephrase my original statement and say "whilst Widdop may or may not be as good a centre as he is stand off, he has played a portion (exact amount not known) of his rugby at centre and, when I've seen him play there, has looked more than competent (although comments on his ability in that position are merely a personal judgement on my part)"


This approach sure makes for snappy prose....

Some puzzling, some ridiculous and some downright laughable selections and omissions in/from the squad!

Thank goodness the England selectors can see that Tom Briscoe is a better winger than Charnley in every single aspect of the wingers game. And before we start talking about potential, let’s not forget that Briscoe is only 21 compared to Charnley at 20

I think Charnley's far more dangerous with ball in hand than any other English winger in the game today.

Fair enough – it’s all down to opinions

I personally think that Briscoe is far more dangerous and if he played out this season for the likes of Wigan or Warrington he would have run amok in Super League (no offence FC fans)

In open space maybe. Briscoe makes his own space, breaks through tackles then has the agility and pace to finish off his own work

So does Charnley. In fact he's very difficult to put down. I rate Charnley massively and would like him to move back to centre (as he did for KR), but I'm a Wigan fan and have seen a lot more of him than Briscoe. But what I've seen of Briscoe has been very impressive.

FFS, they're both superb wingers. Both have pace, strength and the ability to sniff and finish chances and I'd love to see them both turning out for England.

Yet in typical RLFans style, this suddenly becomes Charnley vs Briscoe.

They are both very good yes and alongside Hall and the likes of McGilvray, they represent a bright future for England. Fair point about being frustrated about the Charnley vs. Briscoe element but as we are discussing representative selection then I guess that is very much the point – which of the available players will offer the national team the best options