For me:
Hardaker FB
SO Brown
SH Gale

If i was England Coach i would put Brough at 7, as I'm not sure what nationality he is this year, i would give Mellor a chance.

brough wont turn his back on scotland now after he helped them qualify for the 4 nations and he is good mates with mccormack the coach of scotland

id like to see gale given a chance, no qualms about brown being given a 2nd crack too for england

but it bennett watching!!

he might want hardaker and tomkins in the side but only one can play full back so tomkins may go stand off

Widdop and Tomkins

I'm intrigued to see who Bennet will pick. One thing is for sure, he knows a whole lot more about the sport than anyone who posts on here. He has already said he is looking for signs of good coaching and good habits from the players as he wont have time to drill those habits into the players. For that reason I think that the spread of players won't be from too many clubs and will give a good indication of who Bennet thinks are good coaches.

At this moment in time Brown and Mellor are untouchable. If it continues. They must be selected over other mediocre performing halves. Simple.

Form is temporary, class is permanent !!!! Mellor doesn't stand a chance imo

That comment would be more convincing if there was a significant list of other good options available. But there isn't.

Chucking Sam Tomkins into a Test side at a position he hasn't played for years seems quite a risk to me. Don't get wrong, I'd like to see him in the halves for England. Eventually. But I'd like to see him there for Wigan first.

More of a risk than throwing in debutantes Mellor or Gale? I'd be amazed if Mellor is called up to be honest. He's had a decent start to the year but his lack of upper-body size and kicking game will probably mean Bennett will go with Widdop (Dragons/NRL connection) and Tomkins/Gale.

Widdop's a very good player though, he'll get better this year as he did last year. As a Widnes fan I'm not putting Mellor in the same breath as him. Nor Luke Gale to be honest.

The problem with picking Brown (he's deserved it over the last 2-3 seasons in my opinion) now is whether we can expect him to be this good next year. I'm positive Bennett will be looking to RLWC 2017 - I'm not sure whether Brown can look as far forward as the end of next season in terms of form and health.