From international rugby league.

No surprises for me. Think he needs to get repaired and freshened up for next season.

I'll see your naughty boy and raise it

Do you realise how contradictary this post is? You say he retired because he wouldn't get picked for England but before that you've said he would get picked but purely on past reputation. Which one is it?

Ellis like andy lynch and ben galea have been a terrific players,but they all have a point where time catches up with them.All three are shadows of the player they once were,ellis's broken foot in his last season at wests seems to have started the decline,galea hardly missed a game in 4 years at rovers but his final season he missed more than he played,lynch plays but not to the same level of his first season with hull and hence his release to castleford.Long contracts to veterans not a good idea.

injuries cant be helped and everyone knows the older you become the longer they take to get over, ellis is still 1 of the best 2nd rowers in the game and when you watch him most weeks hes still a good leader, just need to have decent ball players around him and he will do his job in attack.