As the regular season has now come to an end it's time for the internationals, so if you were in charge of the England team, who would you pick in what position and why?

Naturally Burgess has pulled out and Graham is banned, so why not offer two different responses, a team for the up and coming internationals and a team if everyone was fit and free from bans.

Happy discussions!

Hardaker
Charnley
Watkins
Ablett
Hall
Sinfield
Tomkins(c)
Hill
McIlorum
L Burgess
Ellis
Hock
O'Loughlin

Subs
Mossop
Morley
JJB
Burrow

Tomkins
Charnely
Cudjoe
Watkins
Hall
Sinfield
Myler
Mossop
McIlorum
L Burgess
Ellis
Hock
O'Loughlin (c)

Burrow
Hill
Morley
JJB

Is Reed out of the running too?

Tomkins
Hall Reed/Watkins Atkins Briscoe
Sinfield Burrow
Mossop Roby Burgess (L)
Ellis Hock
Lockers


If everyone was fit... (experimental)

Charnley
Hall Reed Atkins Briscoe
Tomkins Sinfield/Burrow
Carvell Roby Burgess (S)
Ellis Westwood
Lockers
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McM Hock Morley Graham

And a 'B' team:

Hardaker
BJB Watkins Abblett
Chase Widdop/McGuire
Carvell Lunt Crabtree
JJB Wilkin
Farrell

Following on for various threads on the mediocrity of SL GF and not renewing season tickets etc etc.
Can I just ask is anyone getting too excited over the forthcoming internationals in what is a basic one horse race.

Im not getting excited about the England Knights vs Wal/Fra

Because lets be fair. Would all these players be dropping like flies if we were playing Oz/NZ? I dont think so.

International (nothing) series.

usually go to a couple of international matches but will be giving it a miss this year, will watch on TV.

A lot of teams here with players well out of position...
for meAtkins[/del Ratchford
5. Hall
6. Sinfield
7. Chase/Myler
8. L.Burgess
9. McIlorum
10. Hill
11. Ellis
12. Ablett
13. O'Loughlin

14. Morley
15. Mossop
16. Hock
17. Burrow

If Ablett is picked over Watkins or Atkins at centre and if Sinfield in picked over Widdop at 6 I will continue to lose my faith in the England team going forward to a level where their even competing with the Aussies. At international level no one should really be playing out of position especially an average second rower playing . Thurston and Cronk would wet them selves laughing when they face Sinfield at 6 and the current NRL winning five eighth is sat on the bench. It says it all that our current captain is Jon Wilkin, shocking management from an inept coach.

If we had everybody to call on I'd go-

Tomkins
Charnley
Watkins
Reed
Hall
Sinfield
Widdop
Graham
Roby
Burgess
Ellis
Westwood
O'Loughlin

Subs
Hill
Crabtree
Hock
Burrow

Like I posted earlier I'd have a look at Hardaker at fullback in this series and Tomkins in the halfbacks. I'd like to have back up plans in place should anything happen to Tomkins and I'd also like to have that option of moving him to 7 against the Aussies/Kiwis.

Everyone fit:

Tomkins
Charnley
Reed
Atkins
Hall
Sinfield
Myler
Graham
Roby
Burgess
Hock
Westwood
O'Loughlin

Mossop
McIlorum
Ellis
Crabtree

McNamara will probably put chase, abblet, and Morley in there somewhere though