We've generally gone for those who have competed in Grand finals and played for Australia in recent years.

Never heard of the guy

what you laughing at??? feleti mateo's mother is english iirc...defo one of his parents is


so if the NSWRL can chasing him by dangling a origin carrot at him,making him then eligible for australia,dispite playing for tonga for the last 5 years....why should'nt England go after him also?

Don't think he's bad enough to drop to the Rugby League Championship

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However he must be at the very least the 3rd choice NSW backrower and judging by the gap between NSW & The Roaches he must be 6th choice at least in Aus.

Burgess & Ellis are better - Joel Tompkins is arguably better.

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Feel free to keep this on at all times

47 posts and only one of you can even spell his name right! No wonder nobody has heard of him.

Hey come on.

'Dally Messenger' started the thread.

What do you expect?

he HAS played in a winning grand final

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im laughing at you

you said england would beat nsw

now your coach is chasing a player that cant even make the nsw side

i couldnt be bothered checking the spelling as i dont like the tigers very much

Barry McKenzie wrote
'Hey come on.

'Dally Messenger' started the thread.

What do you expect?"

If I wanted a reply from the village idiot I would write to the Manly Daily. I don't expect you bogans to spell your own names properly but I expect better of the Brits.

It was me who said England could beat NSW, of that I am confident.

not could dico.......would!

It would be a tough game. But I think we'd have them in the forwards.

especially with heightingon in the england team.

It would be a tough game in the same way it was a tough game walking throught the France line every 5 minutes.

I'll be honest, i've never particularly noticed him stand out...
Would he be better than Ellis, Burgess, O'loughlin (who imo is a better backrower than Burgess) and the still young but extremely promising Tomkins. Im not so sure. I genuinely think England have the best backrow in the world.. we just suck everywhere else

Not being able to make the NSW side has nothing to do with how good a player you are!!!

The NSW selectors haven't got a clue - that's why they get beat so easy

England would run Qld closer than NSW - difficult to be less competitive than the Blues tbh

Get real - that last sentence - were you on drugs when you wrote it?

tell that to steve macnamara

it seems me have more experts on here than the current england coach

remember who the current england fullback is :

gareth "ive played 2 nrl games" widdop

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this compares to nsw's jarred hayne

You mean the part about him trying to "convince" the player to join England couldn't possibly have been made up by the Aussie press?

That's the way I see it because in all honesty I can't for one second see Steve McNamara "contacting Gareth Ellis, as well as assistant coach Royce Simmons, in a bid to convince the 28-year-old to represent the English" when we already have better backrowers available. I doubt he has even enquired.

Heighington inquired about playing for England years ago and was told he wasn't required. It sounds to me like he's trying to play a bit 'hard to get' this time round, coqueetishly hoping he'll get a go.

He's alright - nothing special really. But again, if you want England's defence to stand up against Australia then having more players from the NRL is good. Ellis and Burgess plus the likes of O'Loughlin, Flanagan and Heighington do indeed make England's back row a relative strength. People dismissing Flanagan based on what he did before joining Wests are idiots - he's done very well IMO, and should definitely be in the England squad.

Mateo is an interesting one. I know he's England qualified through parentage. Just not sure where he'd play. Again though, if he was up for it I'd definitely have a look at him because somewhere in the backs he'd improve the team. Then again - sadly - so would virtually any NRL player.

My NRL knowledge is limited but, principle and pride in the jersey aside, when I looked on the Tigers' sites and forums, Heightington seems regarded as a much superior player to Flanaghan?

he is superior to flanagan.

not eliis though