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Just got my tickets to the game at Wigan and the final.

Does anyone have any spares for the Ireland match? Looking for 3 if possible.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/24580494 Good read

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/24580494 Good read

Hearing that Hock has been axed from the squad. Rumour had it that him, Graham,McIlorum and Hardaker had all been binned but I've just been told it's just Hock.

Idiot.

www.englandrl.co.uk/article/3397 ... -statement What an absolute moron.

www.englandrl.co.uk/article/3397 ... -statement What an absolute moron.

Hock is a disgrace.. and i just hope all the wiganers that were defending him on here when we booted him out are hanging their heads in shame!!

He needs to be run out the game. What a waste of time he is. A total and utter moron who doesn't deserve to be a professional sportsman.

Good luck Salford, you'll need it!

I wonder if Nobby & the mad Doctor will reassess their decision to buy? I'd imagine there was some get-out clause in the case something like this occurred.
Not sorry to see him out of the squad tho'. All the oppositions would have found some way to bring on a brain-fart & leave us a man down for 10 minutes (at least).
Good player when he's got his head on, but too much of a liability.

I still think its a travesty that Matty Smith isn't in the squad.

If I were McNamara I'd have Smith and Widdop as halves all day.

Matty Smith is rubbish though don't forget and his partnership with Blake Green will be so poor that Wigan will struggle to win anything. They should never have let Leuluai and Finch go.



Back on topic....what is it with the English and bad press before a tournament/big game? A week to go before the World Cup starts and the headlines from the England camp are that we've lost to Italy and thrown a player out the squad. Why can't we just quietly go about our business like everyone else??!!!

Who knows what the loss to Italy was all about, other than epic levels of complacency, for which the coach and the skipper must take the lion's share of the blame.

As for the Hock incident ... why was he even included in the first place? He has microscopic levels of discipline that were almost certain to be exposed in this tournament. Again, you've got to query the judgement of the England boss and his selectors. But that's an old story, I'm afraid.

I actually thought England could make an impact in this tournament. We've got a lot of good players, and the NRL guys will make a big contribution. True, we've got a coach who was appointed seemingly because no-one else wanted to the job, but I didn't expect that to bite us in the booty as early as this.

I will never understand how anybody can think the England pack is the best out there. Just reading pundit predictions and it seems to be a common view. The Australians are streets ahead and dominate our pack almost every time we come up against them. Harsh reality.

I'm starting to just hope that the WC doesn't turn out to be a complete embarrassment for the England side. The recent news stories and the Italy game don't inspire confidence.

One thing I'm crying out for is to swap Chase for Widdop but it looks like the halfbacks are set in stone.

I'd have preferred Widdop and Brough with Smith on the bench or in reserve. Sinfield wouldn't be in the squad never mind captain and 7.

I don't know how much it means but Burgess, Graham and Ellis have all won player of the year awards at their nrl clubs so i do think our forwards, if not better, are at a similar level. It might be how they are used and directed by the hooker and halves that makes the difference.

The tell will be if they take instructions from Sir Kev or any of the other "lesser" players from SL. Or just end up a rudderless shambles (again).
Still looking forward to it though (just hope I'm not swearing at the radio all the way back up the M6).