Anyone know if there have been any team changes? can't find anything

I don't think that Jack Hughes will play, he went off injured after about five minutes into Saturdays game and never came back on.

Eclipse mentioned that Southernwood could come into the team.

Second Test England Team

IN: Olsi Krasniqi (Harlequins)
OUT: Jack Hughes (Wigan)

1. Matthew Russell (Wigan Warriors)
2. Ryan King (Wigan Warriors)
3. Jordan Thompson (Castleford Tigers)
4. Rhys Evans (Warrington Wolves)
5. Reece Lyne (Hull FC)
6. Gareth O'Brien (Warrington Wolves)
7. Sam Powell (Wigan Warriors)
8. George Burgess (Bradford Bulls)
9. Adam Milner (Capt) (Castleford Tigers)
10. Olsi Krasniqi (Harlequins RL)
11. Danny Bridge (Wigan Warriors)
12. Ben Evans (Warrington Wolves)
13. James Laithwaite (Warrington Wolves)
14. Adam O'Brien (Bradford Bulls)
15. Jared Stewart (Leeds Rhinos)
16. Greg Burke (Wigan Warriors)
17. Matthew Sarsfield (Wigan Warriors)

Any reason why there are no Stains players in this squad for the second time?

I'm really surprised that Reece Lynne and Rhys Evans kept their places.

Thats because we are used to Madge...

Isn't Ryan Shaw of Warrington the only other outside back included in the squad? If Evans is seen as the better of the two at Warrington I suppose it's no surprise that he's kept his place.

We both know how good Rhys is.

For someone who professes to know so much about junior RL, you are unbelievably fickle when it comes to young players.

well you mustn't know a lot .Reece never did much in the game best thing he did was chase back after an interception apart from that lost possession foot in touch when nobody near him. ball one on one when he was over the line for saying he has played sl very poor . the centre 4 also had a nightmare .they where the poorest players on the pitch .fearthe vee is either blind or didn't go to the match

Point FearTheVee was making is you shouldn't judge a player on one match.

Hope Rhys Evans shows any knockers what he can really do tonight.

I didn't say I went to the match, I'm just saying rogues has been blowing smoke up Evans' a*se all year on pretty much every club board on rlfans as the next big thing, now he's saying he's surprised he hasn't been dropped after one poor rep game.

If Evan's played poorly and there's another youngster waiting in the wings to get his chance, then Evan's should be dropped. Evan's obviously has lot of talent and warranted a place in the England team. But if he's then failed to shine, surely it's only fair for someone else get's a chance at playing against the Aussies.

One poor performance obviously doesn't make him a bad player, but likewise his good reputation shouldn't make him immune from being dropped.

No Sam Tomkins for England next year then eh? He was the very definition of "fail to shine" in the 4N was he not?



He's clearly worthy of his place in the team and I wouldn't be surprised if he was the best player on the park tonight. Everyone is entitled to a poor performance - players like Evans need to be nurtured properly; he's a real talent, just like Tomkins.

Dropping Evans (or Tomkins) for a less talented player after one poor game (or a few in Tomkins' case) isn't a sensible approach and thankfully it's not an approach that has been shared by the England selectors.