Bridge?? am I alone in thinking that he'd be nowhere near the England team, if the coach was anyone other than his club coach?

I honestly believe that about 8-9 players in England 17 would struggle to get a regular game if they were with an NRL club.

There are a lot of average players playing in the NRL. Granted that the top end players are far better than most of those in SL but I believe that most of the players in the England squad could get into some teams over there.

A point perfectly illustrated by Ryan Tandy playing in an NRL grand final and Jordan Tansey getting a starting berth.

I was referring to players struggling to get a regular game. Despite playing for Ireland Ryan Tandy is an Australian that made about 6 appearances this year for Melbourne. Jordan Tansey made a total of 7 appearances for the Roosters this year despite being signed as a top young English talent from the Superleague champions?

I don't think you can use these players as examples because neither played enough games. I am not saying these 8-9 English players wouldn't get a game in the NRL . . . i'm saying they would struggle to hold down a first choice spot because the standard of rugby and competition for places is so much higher.

For England to be a force we would need about 17 players that would walk into most NRL teams and let's face it we don't have enough players that would.

Take it you didn't see the GB team with McAvoy in it then?!