England have their own missing players in Buregess (x2 arguably) and Tomkins.

Completely agree. Imagine having these Lads in the England Squad.

George Burgess - Injured
Sam Burgess - Unavailable **At the minute**
Stevie Ward - Injured
Adam Cuthbertson - Not Selected
Tommy Briscoe - Not Selected
Alex Walmsley - Injured
Sam Tomkins - Injured
Michael Shenton - Not Selected
Dan Sarginson - Injured
Danny McGuire - Not Selected
Mark Percival - Not Selected
Jordan Turner - Not Selected

Jack Reed is a big loss for England, also.

Oh yes I forgot about Reed. He's had a great season with Brisbane but didn't impress on his last outing with England.

The RFL should say it will take him 6 months to get back up to fitness.

Fact 1. England / GB only ever win games when the NZ or Aussies have injuries.
Fact 2. English club sides only ever win the WCC when the NRL club isn't taking it seriiously.
Fact 3. English RL has more morons following it and posting on message boards than any other sport.

Ha, that made me laugh. Would be great (although almost certainly not going to happen) if he could play but I can't imagine he'd be ready fitness wise. I don't mean that in a derogatory way to Union as I accept it is a different sport with different types of fitness but it would still be funny for the RFL to say.

It certainly would be good to parade him in front of the crowd after the 3rd test after a whitewash of NZ after he has confirmed his return to our game!

He could perhaps hand the winner the trophy? Would be a fantastic photo to have on the back of the papers!