Tom Briscoe, Kirk Yeaman and WILLIE MANU!!!!

Get in Willie!

Strange there's no Tansey.

like ive already siad on the other topic well done all 3 espcially for kirk yeamen to get back in the squad and houghton and tickle woundt of been far behind

Not really - he needs to cut down on his errors before being considered for international rugby.

True. Yeah, thought there's been plenty of evidence to include Tickle and Houghton.

I suppose it's not the "official" squad though and the door will be left open to others

Would you say that 21-year-old Leeds full-back Ben Jones-Bishop (who is currently on loan at Harlequins) deserves a place in front of Tansey then Amadeo?

Apparently Whiting was meant to be included in this training squad, talk about getting injured at completely the wrong time.

I don't know, to be honest. I haven't seen enough of him to give an informed opinion. I've seen loads of Tansey this season, and I don't feel the defensive aspects of his game are quite up to international standard yet. He's great in attack, but I think kickers of the quality of Lockyer and Thurston would cause him awful problems.

Very surprised that Houghton is not in the squad. Current form dictates that he must be close. Shows the lack of quality in the centres in England if Kirk is in. Certainly don't agree with Willie, but so long as its allowed then good luck to him.
Well done the trio called up.

Is there a list of the squad?

Agree with the Manu thing. I look forward to seeing him in an England shirt (if it comes to pass) but I think the rules in RL regarding Nationality are nothing short of a joke.

How many times have we seen players representing their country at senior level only to jump ship to "a (potentially) more powerful" team at the earliest opportunity.

Not Willie's or Faasavalu's (sp) fault, it's the people running the game.

Good luck to all anyway.

Frrom the RFL website:


The 37 players who were involved on Tuesday at Liverpool were:

Chris Bridge (Warrington), Tom Briscoe (Hull FC), Kyle Eastmond (St Helens), James Graham (St Helens), Ryan Hall (Leeds), Sean O`Loughlin (Wigan), Danny McGuire (Leeds), Adrian Morley (Warrington), Jamie Peacock (Leeds), James Roby (St Helens), Nick Scruton (Bradford), Michael Shenton (Castleford), Kevin Sinfield (Leeds), Sam Tomkins (Wigan), Ben Westwood (Warrington), Shaun Lunt (Huddersfield), Kevin Brown (Huddersfield), Richard Myler (Warrington), Ryan Atkins (Warrington), Jodie Broughton (Salford), Leroy Cudjoe (Huddersfield), Peter Fox (Hull KR), Lee Smith (Leeds), Gareth Carvell (Warrington), Ben Harrison (Warrington), Jamie Langley (Bradford), Tony Clubb (Harlequins RL), Ben Jones-Bishop (Harlequins RL), Andy Lynch (Bradford), Joe Westerman (Castleford), Kirk Yeaman (Hull), Louie McCarthy Scarsbrook (Harlequins), Eorl Crabtree (Huddersfield), Scott Moore (St Helens), Paul Sykes (Bradford), Jon Wilkin (St Helens), Willie Manu (Hull FC).

Ben Jones Bishop has been putting in some good performances of late for Quins. Leeds rate him very highly.

It's good to see Cudjoe , Scruton and Lunt in there. Sykes though !

Paul Sykes, is that some kind of sick joke?