The more I see Tomkins play for Wigan nowadays, the more he seems to be starting to look like a player who doesn't just thrive from having space as a fullback, but also can create that space with his elusive capabilities. Thus the more he plays, the more he looks like a stand-off and not a fullback to me.

For me, we need something special to stop falling embarrassingly short at the international level. We need the four most explosive players in Super League. With this in mind as well as what I've already said regarding Tomkins, this leaves the pivots for England to be Lomax at fullback, Tomkins at 6 and Brough at 7 and Roby at 9. Each of those have the X-factor needed to defeat Australia.,

I'm sure Sinfields defence stats are far better that Brough's so far this year, his defence has been exceptional to say the least.

EDIT: when has Sinfield specifically been embarrassed by the Aussies?

And vice versa.

I agree with pretty much everything you've written apart from the above. In the last sentence of the quote you refer to game plan and form. How can any coach base a game plan around Brough? On form, I'd agree he's brilliant but I wouldn't want to stake my mortgage that he would be playing well come the end of the season. And no coach can wait until a fortnight befor the World Cup kicks off to see who's playing well and then start formulating their game plan. I too have reservations about Sinfield in the halves but I have more about Brough.

Who is Ward?

Plus Chris Hill is now a better than player Morley is.