Poor half and bench choice the rest is bang on.

yeah it is lol

It really isn't for me! Bottom right just says 'online'

Whoever did that-Cheers!

Where's Ryan Bailey? What was the point of calling him up if he wasn't going to be used in the meaningless games?

Only change I would make is at 6. I don't think Sinfield is up to it there at international level, he's quiet enough for Leeds.

I don't think Sinfields an international 6. But quiet for Leeds? Everything goes through him and they won the GF and got to Wembley.

Do you actually ever watch RL, or just post blindly on the VT?

I would have swapped Sinfield and Widdop around, but I'd imagine McNamara will do that anyway during the game to try out different combinations. Sinfield's biggest strength is his kicking game, which might compliment Rangi Chase. I can see why McNamara has gone for that combo first.
I would have had Gareth Carvell on the bench with Morley in place of JJB.

I don't understand the slagging off of Jon Wilkin. He's an excellent player. He has a kicking game and can run some very good angles that can trouble defences. Not a bad player to bring off the bench.

Overall I don't have too many problems with that side. I'm looking forward to seeing how we go. We'll slap the French. It's just a case of how many.

sinfield ain't a international 6 though

Everything doesn't go through him at all. He handles the kicking duties well, but you can't compare solidity at SL level to being fit for purpose at international level.

Leeds also had a terrible season. Their cup run had no opposition and whilst their play off form was superb, it was hardly the Sinfield show. If anything Rob Burrow's individual breaks won them the semi and Grand final.

Wilkin isn't a stand off. He's played there occasionally when we have been really short and made a decent fist of it. I agree that he isn't a conventional second row and I see him more of a ball playing 13 but there doesn't seem to be a call for that at international level. Wilkin's form this season warrants selection in an England 17 without doubt. He's certainly been top 3 for Saints this season. If you want 40 tackles with few misses, a good pair of hands, an eye for a gap and a decent kicking game for a second rower then he's your man.

wilkin is defo a 13......everyday of the week

Correct - he's a very good player to be able to bring off the bench (and I'm a Wigan fan!).

Where is Garreth Carvell people talking about being a prop light why not play the best prop in SL this season he gets through a lot of work and is better than Bailey. Sinfield is one of the best players i have seen in SL and is the only real Kicking threat in the 24 man squad. Chase has no real kicking game, From what i have seen from Widdop similar no real kicking of note.

Sinfield at 6? Oh dear lord.

Widdop + Chase should be the pairing we're trying to get gelled.

A great kicking game is needed against Aus, that is why Sinfield has to be in the starting 13. You can't play him at loose forward after playing a full season at 6, so 6 it is. Widdop off the bench seems a good move to me.

I dont see the issue with playing Sinfield at 6. He will play as first receiver i would imagine, and supply Chase and Tomkins with the ball out wide, so effectively playing as a 7. When he has played in the halves previously he hasnt had a real pivot chiming in from full back (he had Wellens) so had to be relied to be a flair player which isnt his game. I think he will go well

Chris Heighington can walk straight into the best pack in the World?
Not even as a bench player but the starting 13?

against france jonesy...

Sinfield to 9 if Mr Perpetual Motion has a rest.

Most of the rest of the team are likely to be in the starting 17 for the 4 Nations.
Just experimenting with Chris Heighington? makes sense.

I agree

Morley over Carvell is the only pick I'd disagree with.

That team will trample France.

aye just giving heighington,reed and richard chase a easy debut.....makes sense too me

Maybe.... but Chris Heighington and Jack Reed play all of the players in the Oz and Kiwi teams every week so it will hardly be a shock for them.
Heighington will not need an easy debut if he was not going to be included in the 17 for the 4 Nations would he?
Bit disappointed that the form forward of the fantastic Leeds team is not included in the French Test.