Pick your England team here.
Any chance of a sticky?

Mine:

Smith
Fox
Gleeson
Yeaman
Raynor
McGuire
Burrow
Burgess
Diskin
Peacock
Tickle
Ellis
Sinfield

Roby
Morley
Graham
JJB

my 13 for the french test in june..i'd rest some players and try some out

1. smith
2. fox
3. shenton
4. yeaman
5. cudjoe
6. pryce
7. myler or eastmond
8. scruton
9. roby (14.higham)
10 graham
11. LMS
12. burgess
13. wild

Shenton always impresses me, wouldnt mind seeing Ryan Atkins given a chance at this level too.

I would like atkins have a run as he is running hot at the moment. The english league has picked up here in Australia since channel 9 is screening it now. www.rugbyleaguememorabilia.net

I would like atkins have a run as he is running hot at the moment. The english league has picked up here in Australia since channel 9 is screening it now. www.rugbyleaguememorabilia.net

Briscoe
Fox
Gleeson
Shenton
Raynor
McGuire
Burrow
Morley
Diskin
Peacock
Burgess
Ellis
Westerman

Graham
Roby
Hock
O'loughlin

My 17 for the same game

1 cudjoe
2 fox
3 shenton
4 lawrence/atkins
5 smith
6 burrow
7 brough
8 burgess
9 higham
10 lynch
11 westwood
12 westerman
13 purdham

14 roby
15 graham
16 lms
17 myler

who is lms

Louie McCarthy Scarsbrook.

smith
fox
pryce
shenton
raynor
maguire
myler
scruton
diskin
graham
ellis
burgess
westerman

lms
lynch
hock
roby

I don't think Scruton could cope at international level against the likes of Thaiday and Civoneciva.

Briscoe
Fox
Shenton
Atkins
Smith
Pryce
Brough (why not - he's said he wants to play for England now so use him)
Graham
Burrow (his pace would be utilised better at dummy half I think)
Peacock
Hock
O'Loughlin
Sinfield

Westerman
Burgess
Lynch
Roby


Obviously Ellis would feature in the 4N squad but not the France game

You cant be serious!!!

Looking at everyones teams on here, all i can say is England are deep trouble....

We need a goal kicker. Possibly with picking Brough we could drop Sinfield but otherwise he has to be in.

brough ain't gonna get picked so don't worry about it

alot of that side wouldn't but i'd give the younger lads a shot now.

I totally understand that point, and before the World Cup i was saying the same. But he just isnt good enough, id rather see a young lad given the chance than a proven failure just there to kick the odd goal.

We have some decent forwards with the likes of Ellis, Peacock and Burgess but the pivots and backs are the concern.

We don't have a hooker who can control a game and direct the side around the park.

We don't have a pair of half backs who combine a top class kicking game and quality distribution

We don't have the set of backs with speed and skill to make breaks and finish tries

IMO we don't have a stand out leader who everyone respects and see's as the top of the tree so in this case I think the captaincy should go to our best player who will lead by example and IMO this is Ellis

The times come for a new generation of England players to be picked imo and some of the old guard left out.

If it was being picked at the moment i'd like to see-

Briscoe
Smith
Shenton
Yeaman
Sharp/Ainscough/Fox(I'd be happy with any of the 3)
McGuire
Burrow
Graham
Roby
Lynch
Peacock
Ellis
Westerman

subs
Burgess
LMS
Hock
Pryce

pryce on the bench does not sound good

Pryce in the squad does not sound good

Why?

He can cover any position in the backs aswell as loose forward at a push. He could come on in games with Burrow moving to 9.

He doesn't warrent a starting spot ahead of McGuire after his awful world cup.

Smith / Briscoe
Ainscough
Gleeson
Shenton
Fox
Pryce
McGuire
Graham
Roby
Peacock
Ellis
Burgess
Westerman

Burrow
LMS
Hock (he needs a big year for club & country this year)
Lynch/L Burgess

That back row looks quality and is only going to get better

i think we have a winner here! impact of the bench, mix of youth and experience! even them backs look dangerous! only possible change i would make is lee smith on the wing instead of fox and briscoe at full back

Depends what the Test is intended to be - an opportunity to expose some young players to the next step up ahead of the Four Nations, or for the first choice players to spend some time together and develop some patterns of play.

I'd be surprised if Ellis was released by Wests or if the England management asked for his release to be honest. He'll get more out of staying down there than coming up to face a most likely mediocre French side.

Smith, Gardner, Gleeson, Shenton, Fox, McGuire, Burrow, Peacock, Roby, Graham, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, S Burgess, Westerman

Bench : Lynch, Hock, R.Horne, O'Loughlin.