The 5'6" Eastmond against the 6'5" Inglis? It's an anagram but a bloody stupid one. He's as much a centre as Shaun Edwards was in the 80's.
IMO Eastmond is the most talented of a decent bunch of HB's, but I'm not sure he's ready yet. It smacks of trying to stop him buggering of to the dark side.

Or alternatively we could play Lee Smith, who's also a dwarf. Or Shenton, who has been invisible both times he's played for England this year, even against crap like France and Wales.

Good job we've got Sykes as back then

You'll notice I deliberately left him out of the mention

The same Lee Smith who is 4" taller than Eastmond & played well against Aus last year? Don't get me wrong, IMO Smith is not the answer but he is a better centre than Eastmond, but not a better player.

He's still small compared to Inglis, so it's not really any different. When you say he played well against Aus, in which position was that again?

As is James Graham. As I said, Smith is not our centre solution, but neither is a HB with only 5 first class games in that position.

Yeah but I'd rather not pick him in the centres either

Rumour is he might, what with O'Loughlin injured.