Cam Smith unlucky to miss out of the 40.
England loss our gain but still.
Handley, Newman, Oledzki and Holroyd named.

Gannon also is in the squad.

Cam Smith not being in is bizarre. He's a better all round 13 than Knowles or Smithies IMO.

Oh yeh missed that one JB.

Gannon out with concussion and not played for weeks - in the England squad.
Cam Smith Leeds best player so far this season - not in the England squad.
Classic Shaun Wane!!

I suspect Wane prefers more physical big unit prop style 13s than Cam Smith.

Squad cut to 19 as Wane picks players on form following 14 withdrawals from his original squad.
Surprised Tom Johnstone hasn`t got in and maybe Liam Marshall.

Matty Ashton, Ben Currie (both Warrington Wolves), Tyler Dupree (Salford Red Devils), Ash Handley (Leeds Rhinos), James Harrison (Warrington Wolves), Ethan Havard (Wigan Warriors), Tom Holroyd (Leeds Rhinos), Toby King (Wigan Warriors), Mikey Lewis, Jez Litten (both Hull KR), Matty Nicholson (Warrington Wolves), Kai Pearce-Paul, Harry Smith, Morgan Smithies (all Wigan Warriors), Josh Thewlis, Danny Walker (both Warrington Wolves), Jake Wardle (Wigan Warriors), Jack Welsby (St Helens), George Williams (Warrington Wolves).

That looks more like a Knights team

Yes not far off Jack.
Is Lomax injured again?

Of course he is. Standard

Wane needs to stop picking players like Lomax who withdraw from the squad at every opportunity.

Especially when he withdrew from the World cup squad after managing to play injured through the season.

Saints players more than most seem to pull out of the squads, is this pressure from people at the club or do they not care about representing England.

Tbf think Saints players put club before country. This is a pointless fixture vs France too, what are we going to learn?

Its about building a team that have played together and understand each other, so when we get to the big games we dot look disjointed and things click straight away.

I get that, but you need to play an opposition who people are excited and motivated to play, otherwise players drop out and becomes pointless…..

who else is there?
plus a third of the squad play in Australia.
a week of training would be just as beneficial

The test series against Tonga has been confirmed at the end of the season.

St Helens, Huddersfield, and Headingley will be the venues.

It would be nice if Tonga could play a game in France too.

Australia, NZ and Samoa also likely to play a tri nations in NZ.

Fiji, PNG and the cook islands likely to play in a separate tri nations.