He is a 6/7 and pretty much always has been regardless of what shirt number he wears. Personally I like Sinfield and think he is top Superleague player, a great organiser and a real leader. Like him or not if he's in the team he should be captain, his record speaks for it's self. Personally I'd love him at Saints, he has pretty much everything we lack.

Sinfield and Widdop at 6 & 7 maybe ??

Can you actually remember a great game Sinfield has had playing in the halves against Australia??? Breaking there defence down??? I certainly cant!

No I can't but is that because we've used him wrongly? the rest of the team have been poor? I'm not sure tbh. If we let him have the same role he has at leeds with good runners around him it may work . Essentially he plays the number 7 Role for Leeds.

Widdop had shoulder surgery after the NRL grand final so he wont be playing. Trouble is, Sinfield will look like a magician at 6 against the other home nations and the media wil be raving, so he will then probably get the gig in the 2013 world cup.

Thats the trouble with international RL in this country, can you imagine Oz or NZ playing a 13 at 6 in an international game??

Shocking decision when everyone fit he won't get in team there is loads better halfs backs and backrowers around then him plus look at his age personally I make graham or Burgess captain for the world cup

I think thats were your letting the crappy squad number system get in the way Chief. He is not a loose forward and hasn't been playing there for years. I think McDermott has him down as a 7.

Regardless of the number on his back and his positioning on a field for Leeds, he is not an international standard 6 in the memory of man.

Dont get me wrong, hes an absolute talisman for Leeds and a consumate professional, but as an international stand off capable of matching the likes of Jonathan Thurston, Benji Marshall, sorry, hes not the right player for that position. For me, it would be a fully fit Widdop every day regardless of where Sinfield plays for his club.

GB & England for some reason have a tradition of playing natural loose forwards at 6 in the international stage, Andy Farrell, Paul Sculthorpe and now Kevin Sinfield. All class players but surely playing them in their best position at the highest level of competition should be the ultimate aim?

Going against the grain here a bit but I think its a logical choice - he is the form of his life.

Having said that I vaguely remember a game against Aus in Aus when noble put him at 13 and he was wiped off the pitch by the opposition.

The last time I can remember anyone doing that was Sean Long in Sydney, and that was a one off.

Sinfield has actually played better than most in an England shirt getting MOM on a few occasions aswell.

You will se a different player now he has been given the skippers role, its the role where he excels.

Sinfield hasn't played 13 for a few years now, he is a stand off whether you like it or not.

widdop maybe , But I cant think of loads of half backs who are better or havent already failed miserably .

Who do you suggest ?

Hohaia has been playing at stand off all season, doesn't mean he is one!

Best choice by a country mile. ITT: Bitter saints fans. He would walk into this saints side and would have done from the day he started playing.

Can you remember any English half back having a great game against the Ozzies?

He'd walk into any team in the country now, but are you [iseriously[/i suggesting he'd have started ahead of Long, Sculthorpe and Martyn/Pryce back in the day? Don't talk wet...

Nobody seems to be bitter about Sinfield being selected as England captain and the debate we are having are whether he should be selected at 6 for his country. Nothing to do with how good he is or how he performs at club level. Incidentally I would prefer him at 6 at saints rather than Hohaia, but not over Martyn or Pryce.

That's fine and dandy, but given that Widdop isn't fit, who would you play?

Chase/Myler
Tomkins/Myler
Tomkins/Burrow
Chase/Burrow

Hohaia is stealing a living at Saints masquerading as a stand off while Sinfield has just won yet another SL winners ring after some top top performances and outstanding leadership. I'd go as far as saying if he was in the Redvee this season we may have finished up champions.

Paul Sculthorpe played at 6 and had a World Class game against Australia back in 2001.

Sean Long played Scrum Half and had as good a game against Australia in Australia in 2006.

Also Andy Farrell played 6 against Australia and was exceptional in 1994??? At Old Trafford

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for Sinfield that...

'94? I w ouldn't of thought so. Goulding and Edwards played 7, Daryl Powel Played a game at 6, I think Schofield got involved in the 2nd test. Perhaps Clarke played 6 in the third test?

Aye, Clarke played 6 in the 3rd test. The match in which Farrell was outstanding at 6 was the 2nd test against the Aussie SL side in 1997.

Long played a blinder in Sydney that time, but had plenty of off days.
The problem people like him and Deacon had is that they'd have a quiet day mainly becuase their forwards lost out, but then they'd be written off as not being able to perform on the international stage.
We do not have a glut of talent at half back, we have even fewer who are in the mould to dicate a game with distribution and kicking and apply a game plan.

We could win these internationals by turning up and just out muscling the oppo, but for the sake of playing anything past one up park rugby, take Sinfield.

Sinfield is never going to be a dazzling stand off in the mould of Lockyer or Marshall. He is however an outstanding leader, organiser and a master of all types of kick. He'll be the first to admit (like many halves) that he needs a pack that is holding its own, and that seems to be where we struggle against Australia regardless of who's at 6 or 7. As a captain he should be first class though, a true role model of a professional RL player