Have been looking at the prediction sheet and not one of us believes we will score a lot of trys

I have to say i believe that the exiles will beat us and from the look of the other predicitions of our scores it will take the exiles being zeroed for us to win

Exiles to win 36-18

cant see it being anything other than a huge victory for the Exiles myself - 56-6 !!

cant understand what interest the giants have in this game tbf
3 players involved ????

id rather have 3.
less players to get injured

Should be interesting to see who players for their clubs on the sunday?

I just hope this doesn't turn into an embarrassment after all the promotion that has been done for it.

At the end of the day it's a load of has been foreign players in the twighlight of their careers against an England side filled with players living off their reputation (peacock, morley,sinfield) rather than their form along with some Bizarre selections (McCillorum (sp), Myler - both garbage).

In the past these type of games have really failed to capture the imagination e.g lancs V Yorks, GB V Rest of the world.

I wish them luck but great to have few players in it and so little doubling up. All the best to Salford at the Weekend

Think the Exiles will win 40-18 personally. Hope its a good game, but think that the Exiles might walk away with it slightly. Will be interesting to see some of the contests. I know that they won't come head to head with each, but to see Hodgson and Tomkins in the same game, should be good.

I'm going to be the odd one out here and go for a very competitive game and an eng-er-land victory.
Logic is the England players should be more motivated representing their nation than the exiles representing exilation. Also we should have more team cohesion as we have selected an experienced squad.

Btw feel for our unselected lads. Hope the exiles game is a injury riddled blood bath, and I would expect more injuries for tye players who double up on Sunday too.

Pleased all 3 Giants players look to have come through that unscathed.

Thought Robbo did his chances no harm at all, one of the better players for England.

This is part of what what i posted on the VT about the pack last night.



This 4 nations should be about preparing for the World Cup, this exiles match should have been about preparing for the world cup. Nothing else matters except for the World cup.

If you are not playing for a world cup place you should be retired from internationals.

Goodbye and thank you Mr Morley, thank you and goodbye Mr Peacock.

The only way you can tell if someone will be good enough for the big games is to play them in big games and see how they go.

Crabtree has done the buisness when given the opportunity so he should be in there along with Graham. Carvell is a workhorse but i feel he is not mobile enough to be a top class international.

The problem with all the other props mentioned is the lack of opportunities they have had in big games to prove themselves. The special ones are not just good props but those who have the extra quality to match the very best. At this level this is about concentration and a winning attitude it is the mindset of winning.

LMS, Mason, Griffin, Mossop, Watts, Patrick should all be given a chance to see if they can step up. All of these should be given a chance in the 4 nations. I would rather lose 3 games but be building a team that can challenge for the world cup

They should have been given a chance tonight.

I thought the Exiles weren't really playing anywhere near top gear and looked at times to be just going through the motions......i agree with DG though, we should be blooding the younger/inexperienced lads now and giving them a chance rather than continuosly throwing in the same names and just shuffling their positions around when in the team.