not got a problem with robinson he's been playing well....but i think its a toss up between him and sinfield for that bench hooker/untility role with roby starting at 9 for england

Sinfield can play 9, 6 and 13 to a pretty high standard. I wouldn't argue if he was in the team, as long as it's to play 9 and not 13

i think kevs days of playing fulltime @ 13 internationally are long gone....hes a utility now

You're right. I didn't.

But I am scratching my head as to the point of your reply to me. If I watch the replay, should I then expect Widdop to perform miracles for England?

Sinfield over Roby at hooker?

Danny McGuire, Leon Pryce (when both fit obviously) and Kevin Brown are the obvious contenders.

play both of em

Roby is playing 80 minutes at 9 for Saints and revelling in it.

Id sooner see Scoot Moore in there before Sinfield. Lack of pace for a hooker. Need some to probe like Roby/Robinson

sinfield on the bench for his utility value

I would rather have some dangerous running options from dummy half and that would rule Sinfield out - some combination of Lunt/Roby/Robinson and with an eye to the future the younger hookers

If we were to have an organising/kicking half like Brough then we don't need this replicated through the hooking role

Pace out of dummy half is only any use if you're going to be winning the collision and getting quick play the balls. Otherwise you need someone in there with a bit of craft and game intelligence.

Not sure that's Scott Moore's strong suit.

Only off the bench. If Brough doesn't play then he could be the answer to our kicking problems.

also having sinfield on the bench mean you could rest a extra forward for a 15-20 by putting sinfield @ 13 ie taking burgess off,moving lockers to 2nd row and sinfield to 13....aswell as sinfield being able to cover the halves incase of injury


its all about having options!

Roby is so far ahead of every single player in SL at the moment and playing 80 minutes. Why on earth would you interchange him with Sinfield who can only pass in one direction, has no pace and is generally not good enough for international rugby league?

I’m not sure that we will beat the Kangaroos and Kiwis by making our pack more lightweight for 15 to 20 minutes

I’m afraid that Sinfield is the type of player who excels in the domestic competition but suffers through his versatility – we don’t want players who can play multiple positions, we want the best for each position and at this moment in time, that doesn’t include Sinfield

is that the kev sinfield that wally lewis said we should build the team around?



and ps.....the kiwis have'nt beaten us here for 6 years so i have no idea why you'd lump them in with the aussies??

If you search far enough back on this forum, you will find that I also stated that England should make Sinfield captain and build the team around him as he is a player that if you have him in the team he has to be the boss of the team (I'm not expecting you to do that by the way!)

However, that ship has proverbially sailed and we have better options in 2011 (when did King Wally say it?)

roby is the best english hooker by quite some distance..... to consider anyone over him would be idiotic.

only someone like steve mcnamara would consider it.

oh wait......

In retrospect getting a quote off Wally Lewis immediately after his seizure/mini stroke was possibly not a good idea...

Brown hasn't done enough to impress me. McGuire and Pryce are both proven liabilities in defence, and both were unbelievably poor in the world cup. With a better kicking game, better communication, more versatile and vastly superior defence I'd take Sinfield over either of those two. Also, I prefer Sinfield to O'Loughlin, not that there is much difference between them.

We have had a long wait for England/GB to win an international tournament. I don’t know how much longer we will have to wait but something I am convinced about is that we will not do it by playing people out of position – we need a stand-off who plays at six not a make shift loose forward (the only player who has even come close to pulling this off is Paul Sculthorpe and that was because he was absolutely world class)

Exactly what I was going to say Phipps

during the 2009 4nation i believe