A big call to put both of them in at the same time,

Bearing in mind the way we performed last WC what have we got to lose?

Personally that is how i would like us to line up vs France and see how it goes, vs the Aussies initially Brough (assuming he is eligible) has earned his shot over Myler, he has had an excellent season great kicking game and likes to ruffle a few feathers, running with both Tomkins and Myler in my opinion is a risk too far, and not necessary as Brough has yet to have a shot and has yet to fail unlike Burrow, Pryce and McGuire.

Agree. Sinfield has been a great leader for Leeds but it is a different game at international level. Not sure about Burrow at this level either - too prone to getting knocked out in heavy challenges leaving us a player down.

As for Pryce, I think he could make a excellent contribution at full back where there is no-one outstanding available, although he hasn't played there for a while.

Surely Briscoe deserves a chance at FB at long last?

If he was good enough he would have been picked ahead of Wellens years ago. He's just Wellens Mk2 - solid and dependable and a decent support player but not fast or creative enough.

I'd rather play Pryce there as a Hodgson/Webb style playmaking FB or try someone with pace to burn like Cudjoe.

So we might aswell go with Briscoe. If he and Wingnut are so similar the fact that Shaun can do the 100 metres in less than 20 seconds should swing it in his favour.

You obviously don't listen to Eddie Hemmings....

I think he will be in the squad no doubt IMO but may just miss out on a starting spot, I would like us to put Lockers at 13 and player Morley and Burgess in the second row as we cannot match the aussies in the backs so lets steam roll them up front. Your spot on about Sinfield though.




IMO Leon Pryce is the better player but I would like to see us play Pryce at centre as he has pace, good defence and he can create things out wide and up the middle if he gets a quick playe the ball, this would allow him to come in and out of the game when he likes, but we cannot have our 6 against Aus only coming alive when we get a quick PTB as we don't get many up the middle.

McGuire will be the best option but it still shows how poor we are in this area. I just fear that he will not have enough space to do anything yet again which is why i would be tempted to play Tomkins and Eastmond as they both create their own space. I say try them against Wales and France. McGuire needs to be given space to play really well but some players sometimes only the best can create their own.

If we are going to get near Aus and NZ we need our pack to be on top for 60 mins of the game and for our backs to take every oppertunity we get which could be limited to around 3! Our defence as always at international level will have to be top draw. I worry about our sliding defence under smith though it was poor in the WC and this can cause us to leave gaps in the middle, the last thing we want to do is give Aus and NZ more options than they already have!

Tomkins and Myler at 6 and 7, start as we mean to go on. I wouldn't worry about Mylers defence, Briers was awful until Che coached him.

We must also pick on form. Myler has not played well for half of the year because he has been on the sidelines or his head has been elsewhere.

Only Danny Orr has more tries+assists than him in SL and Myler has missed 7 games.