So you think Exiles call-ups have a duty to perform because they should be grateful to be allowed to compete in Super League? Giving their services at risk to themselves and their clubs so they can play their part in bolstering England? What planet are you on?

Risking themselves? They're professional players! And you think I'm on another planet, deary me.

Maybe you should tell all the other clubs who have Exile representatives in their squad of this risk?

There's a couple of players, but overall there's not that much quality to really challenge the senior team.

The game lost any credibility it might have had when macnamanra picked 64 year old Adrian morley.

Every game of RL poses a risk to the players.

I'm challenging your bizarre assertion that people selected for the Exiles have an obligation to perform in it as their careers are only sustainable because of SL. You said, as an Englishman, it's not too much to ask that they don their boots in opposition for the benefit of the English international team. As some sort of recompense for being allowed to extend their career over here.

Which planet was it?

I like you.

He's not been lying about his age again has he??

I'm delighted with DJ to have lost him to injury for the quarter final of the cup would have been unthinkable for me fully support him on this

Well done, DJ.

Its really a damned if you do damned if you dont situation all round.
Holdsworth has had a potential career ending injury and I suppose no one knows if he's 100% still so why risk it. It will bef an honour to be picked, but as a lot have said its not the parent nation so that honour is diluted.

The concept of a meaningful game for England is a good one but with an increasing number of the starting 13 for England now playing in the NRL how meaningful will this really be. Graham, Burgess x 2 or 3(4), Widdop all missing add to that Ellis, Roby and Morley only a week or 2 back from injury then it all seems a bit of a shambles to me.

Of course it's a shambles when our clueless coach picks an awful team, Ellis, Roby and Morley should be nowhere near the squad!