Anyway....

What do you reckon the England 17 will be on Friday against France? Any surprises?

Tomkins or McGuire at 6? Think Tompkins should be involved but him and Myler at half back seems a tad too inexperienced for the Oz and Kiwis.

Why not play Tomkins at 6 and Mcguire at 7?

Smith may well do that with Sinfield at 13.

Wouldnt be a bad option imo.

2 Briscoes in, 1 Fox out for France game ....


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How the hell can Smith have Myler in instead of Thompkins? Oh yes it's because he's biased!

i dont myler ahead of tomkins either and only 1 prop on the bench, woyld have started roby and made eastmond do a short stint at hooker. Not suprised fox hasnt made it tho!

Think about who just paid big money to sign Myler and i think you have may have your answer as to why he has been picked

Fox was very ordinary on Friday and didn't deserve to be picked, that said he would probably have been playing had O'Loughlin not had to pull out. Welcome to the strange world of Tony Smiff

Can see us getting turned over by the french, They will be pretty strong and very used to each other especially with the likes of Greenshieds being added.

Westwood should be no where near the squad, think he's had a poor year. Surprised at the omission of Carvell, maybe saving him for the bigger test the week after, are we taking hte french too lightly.

Good luck to them on Friday and through the rest of the tournament. Myler is lucky to have held his place, but apart from, the at least understandable, exception of Burgess in the 2nd row, everybody is in their normal position and the team looks to have a decent structure. I can't see what people see in Lee Smith, but if Bridge made the squad and O'loughlin was really being considered for a centre spot that says everything.

Shame for Fox, but this coach clearly doesn't fancy him - at least this time he missed out to two talented young players with real potenial to make an impact at international level in the coming years.

I'm not one for conspiracy theories normally, but I think Tony Smith used the Wales friendly, in very small part and maybe even subconcsciously, to find an opportunity to get Briscoe in ahead of Fox. He obviously rates Briscoe to have picked him for the elite squad when injured and for the train-on squad after only a handful of games back. Club bias aside, Briscoe will be at very least adequate and I hope he does excellently over the next few weeks. [sizeAnd earns a move to Wire[/size

Perfectly acceptable decision, he has lost his form.