I don't know what others think but I do not think Sinfield should be playing at international level. At stand off he is far too slow, never takes on the line and is devoid of the required skills for that position. To play him at loose forward is a non starter as there are far better players in that position, like wise at at 9. So what is the reason for his selection?. At club level he is worth the shirt but playing him at international level is merely keeping a better player out of the side. This post is not meant to wind up the Leeds fans it is just my own personal opinion and I cannot see any justification in his selection.

Good utility player off the bench.

Because you need a general on the pitch and he is the best England have.

all teams need a general,

Wigan without lockers are like a rudderless ship with torn sails and holed below the waterline

Personally I don't think that he should be at stand off for England but he should be in at scrum half for organisation. I think Widdop would be better at stand off because he has pace and does take it to the line and provides more of a threat to the defence than what Sinfield does.

I thought he was good in the first game. Best game in an England shirt so far....but his goal kicking was pants!!!

Another anti Sinfield post. Move along nothing to see here.

This hasn't been discusses before.

Can't we talk about World Cup ticket sales instead?

Why talk about positives when we can n moan instead

it's such a f*cking pointless discussion.

sinfield is captain.........so he's going to be in the team, it's a given.

after the tournament, he'll retire from international rl, and it'll be all over. Until then you might as well shut up about it. It's like debating the sky being blue on a clear, sunny day.

^^^^^^^^^^say no more

Best half back we have to play the systems we play.

The system we play? is our system not dictated by the fact we have him, not the other way around?

I'll give you a clue, the answer to that question is yes.

No need to give me a clue sunshine. The systems have been put in place for the last two years by McNamara so he's not going to changing them now rightly or wrongly. Personally I would play Widdop as a 6 with Sinfield as a 7. Just the best option available in my opinion jimbo

Shows how far off the pace the game in this country is sadly.

But hey I like posters with imagination, especially those who think Sinfield is a great player rather just being than above average English player.

Contrary to what people may think I wish Sinfield was as good as Lockyer, Thurston, Fittler, etc. etc , if not better but he isn't primarily because he isn't a half back.

It's like having a gynaecologist doing open heart surgery.

This is becoming boring now. Nothing that hasn't been said before has been posted. Get over it.

He is in the team because of his kicking. WE have no other kicker in the squad

No one going to counter with Tomkins is a crap full-back? Westwood is a penalty machine?...etc like on all the other threads that some gomper CBA looking up?

Sinfield beings structure and organisation to the team just look how the wheels fell of against the exiles when he didn't play in the second half.

Do you think Widdop will ever be a regular No 6 for England, has he ever made more than a 30 min cameo appearance.

As he's 24, yes.

The irony is, everyone liked and respected Sinfield prior to him becoming 'the worlds best RL player'. Since then, everyone seems to have turned in him.

That's not remotely true.

Lock it. For the *%*@wits.... Stats from last week: live.nrlstats.com/matches/nrl/match25396.html Club bias & agenda free player ratings from last week by the Aussies: www.nrl.com/player-ratings-austr ... e_featured International player ratings since 2008: www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/austra ... 6494737540

Lock it. For the *%*@wits.... Stats from last week: live.nrlstats.com/matches/nrl/match25396.html Club bias & agenda free player ratings from last week by the Aussies: www.nrl.com/player-ratings-austr ... e_featured International player ratings since 2008: www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/austra ... 6494737540