Widdop
Briscoe
Bridge
Shenton
Hall
McGuire
Eastmond
Graham
Sinfield
Peacock
Ellis
Burgess
O'Loughlin

Scruton
Morley
Westwood
J Tomkins

We dont need one trick pony Roby, and Tomkins isn't as good as McGuire as yet and I doubt he will be.

I would have had Ryan Atkins over Shenton, but otherwise pretty good squad.

Well deserved Nick you will do well

Whilst Sinfield had a couple of good games there, Roby is a far superior Hooker. (I'd have Diskin, Lunt, Robinson and Wagga in over either though) Sinfield's form has hardly been excellent this season either.

Roby has one game that doesn't work at Test level. Sinfields superior vision, organisation & handling skills are far more suited to the hookers position at test level. Whilst Roby may look good scooting against mediocre SL defences, he isn't able to get away with it at Test level therefore we need something what he cannot provide.

you are clearly nobby's love child!


good to see nick get his call up though,and well deserved too

Surely scrutons call up means we have to give a debut to one of the burgii/crossley at crusaders?

cant see scruton backing up and lynch is obviously carrying a knock so we cant expect him to even do his usual stint, let along trying to carry pack on his own. Hopefully langley will be back but even if he is we'll some more muscle on bench especially in donno's absence.

Gutted, I'm surprised that Macca has the front to pick any Bulls players thus weakening them for a crucial league match. Does he have no loyalty at all anymore?

apparently not,rumour has it that macca orinally wanted a tough/close game against the french and was thinking about putting sheriffe in to even things up a bit!


however he decided not to tempt fate too much and actually include him as he didn't want to be sacked after only one match in charge


needless to say that sheriffe will be available for selection for the bulls!

That is hillarious. How did you come up with that one eh?

personally speaking would you rather him play for england or the bulls that weekend?

Bulls.

Who else would we pick instead?

Scruton deserves his selection, been great for us the last two seasons well done Scruts !

For the first time in memory there's not a player in there that makes me think HTF did he get picked? So praise to Macca. Though Bridge will never be big enough, nor quick enough, to be a world class centre. But he's the form GB centre. ANd he knows where the line is.

Quite - a form centre is not to be sniffed at.

re the earlier comments about Roby...(that he's good at super league standard but not at a higher standard)....I entirely agree with these but don't forget, we're playing France who, arguably, are just about the standard of an average super league side. So Roby would likely impress against them....but not against the Aussies.

And we are playing France, made up entirely of Catalans palyers. Bridge is very good at chasing the Dragons.

Anyone think that Bridge is likely to score?

Bridge is also an acomplished goal kicker from the touchLINES. Wonder if he practices much from the whitewash.

He'll have a good crack at it.

I guess that backing up will depend on the amount of game time he gets plus any knocks which might get picked up. I don't think a game against the French is in any way as hard as an SL match. They have some decent players for sure but there are a good few quality gaps in their side as well. I suspect a strong opening twenty and then a stroll in the park to be honest.

Bridge is a fine player and deserves his chance imo. Though to be fair I still think of him in the halves than at centre. He's pulled himself round from when he was shown the door by the Bulls, so credit where credit is due, I say.

in general workload gets shared round a bit fairer in international matches rather than our method of scrute and lynch running their blood to water then begrudgingly being allowed 5 minutes i=on bench. Although that said macca is now the england although hopefully he'll pull that particular trick with morley and graham.
Would think theres a decent chance of scrutes at least being on bench for crusaders game tbh.

Thread seems to be going off topic again

Nice one Nick, I'm sure you'll do us proud