Fair comment, I just don't like the idea of playing a dark side defect

Think it's more a case of have kicked goals, rather then can kick goals with some of them. Myler for instance has kicked goals for England against France, but missed any that weren't in front of the sticks.

Either way there's three guys who kick on a weekly basis there so it shouldn't be a problem for us.

Okay, so what drugs TS is on leaving out Burrow I have no idea, but I would reckon

Briscoe
Fox Eastmond Hall Smith
Tomkins Myler
Sinfield
Ellis Wilkin
Peacock Moore Graham

Bench: Roby, Morley, Burgess, Maguire

With maybe Bridge, Crabtree and Shenton with a look in.

It does mean lots of youth pulling the strings, but Eastmond works in the centres and adds extra creativity, lessening the pressure on Myler and Tomkins.
Roby and Morely work well from the bench, as does Maguire and he could cover the backs for any possible injury. Burgess from the bench can swap for a prop or a second row with impact.

In fact, this is close to the best team available to TS.

I laughed hard too. He is awful anmd I just don't see what he has done this year to warrant selection? Maybe he has sucked Tony Smith off, who knows?

As for my team, based on that:

S. Briscoe
Fox
Shenton
Eastmond
Hall
McGuire
Tomkins
Graham
Moore
Morley
Peacock
Ellis
O'Loughlin

Roby
Carvell
Burgess
Wilkin

We're badly short in the Centres, so I've had to go with Eastmond and Shenton. Ellis is another possibility at Right Centre, but then I think we lack a bit of grunt in the back row.

Very true sadly. I also thought about Ellis in the centres, as did Leaguefreak

Full back: Briscoe
Wing: Hall, Fox
Centre: Eastmond, Shenton
Half backs: McGuire, Sinfield

Props: Graham, Peacock
Hooker: Moore
2nd Row: Ellis, Burgess
Loose Forward: O’Loughlin

Subs: Roby, Carvell, Morely, Crabtree

Left out Smith on the basis looking to the future, if we're more concerned about winning though, I'd play him at full back, centre, or wing.

Not sure Myler and Tomkins are ready, depsite impressive years, in what is already going to be a very inexperienced set of backs. Plus I think Sinfield and McGuire work very well together. If one of Tomkins or Myler plays, drop Sinfield to Loose, O'Loughlin to the bench and Crabtree misses out.

Oh dear

Sykes!?

Bet Inglis is ting himself

WTF! Why is someone who is leaving for another code in that squad. An absolute disgrace. Stick Leon Pryce in at centre before giving a place to someone who is defecting. A squad with the 2013 WC in mind; has Tony Smith been told by Lee that he is only going to make a few quid and return in a few years.

No Burrow is the one that really suprised me; although he still can't boss a game in the traditional no 7 style, but isn't that what makes him a great SL player.

That would be a case of cutting your nose of to spite your face.
If Smith (T) thinks Smith (L) is the best avaialble then he's 100% correct in including him.

Having seen that squad i dont think I'll bother making the England v Aus game , it will be embarassing