He's always had the ability but the consistency has only come since Smith took over. That lack of consistency was why he missed out on GB honours - his class has never been in doubt.

Certainly the same one as every GB/England coach in the last 15 years

Anyway, when are you going to post the links to these signing exclusives you're regularly posting on here?

No he's not

whos better then ?

long when he's fit

briers is better then long and the likes of myler,burrow,mcguire ect

Is that why he's spent the bulk of his career in an average warrington side while long, burrow and mcguire were picking up GF winners rings?

briers looks great in the current warrington side but I'd bet any half in SL would

briers = talented but very inconsistent

briers always stood out in a an average wire side now imagine what he would of done in a top side like long,mcguire and burrow have done. i agree that he sometimes lacked a little consistentsy before smith took over but so have most other but with briers hes the most natrual and skill full half that can win games on is own , now watch when wire play im sorry but every success they have comes from briers where as you could say myler looks better then he does becuase he plays in a team like wire, even now id have briers as first chocie half for england because hes the only quality half that has a rugby brain and like i say win games on his own wales vs austrlia springs to mind.
anyway looking forward to the exiles game should be a cracker

If briers had been good enough he'd have found himself at one of the top clubs

I seem to remember Briers not being picked due to his attitude. I'm sure some GB/England coach insinuated that was the reason.....

Briers (if he would play for England) should be picked on form imo. He has played consistently very well since Smith got hold of him. But it doesn't matter because he won't play for England even if asked.

We need to win games by picking form players not worry about up-and-coming kids. The Aussies pick the form players no mattter how old or young they are. Basically McNamara will never pick Yeaman if he didn't pick him for this game. I'm non-plussed by some of the selections and I especially hate it when they play a 13 at 6. Isn't that what we used to do with Hanley, Farrell etc. We've really moved on.