Played in the Autumn internationals for England but was pretty quiet. Missing the Six Nations due to injury. Not sure he'll find it easy to get back in either as his replacement - Luther Burrell - has been playing well and scored I'm both matches so far.

The centres are going to be very congested over the next couple of years with ex-RL players, let alone thoroughbred RU players like Twelvetrees, Tuilagi and Burrell.

Players like Burgess and Tomkins were obviously offered 'fast track' England chances as an incentive to switch but there's only so many people you can offer that to. I'm not sure that will stop the current trend of defections though.

What the Burgess incident shows is that not even the NRL is a big enough draw to keep players in RL. I remember when Sam's exit from Wigan was first mooted some took comfort from the 'at least he's still in RL' argument but now it seems to be a countdown till the next star converts unless serious changes are made.

having watched the England ru games he played in I'd doubt he'll be getting anywhere near their world cup side. would like to see him back tbh as the season he had as second row before his move to centre he was very very good.

I think Joel has maxed out in RU with his couple of caps. However, he can still earn way more than we were paying him and can play Heineken Cup rugby even if he never pulls on an England shirt again.

Joel got injured against New Zealand in November and I don't think he has played since. He hasn't set RU alight but was doing ok and was involved in a win against Australia. I can't see him returning to RL any time soon.

I was expecting to see Eastmond returning to RL, but he has signed a new contract for Bath.

A quick check of the Saracens website confirms that he was on the replacements bench on the last two games the last one being at Salford against Sale. Can't think why I didn't go!