We need to be careful having too many Saints players in the squad, they can be very disruptive. Allegedly.

no....its true..lmao

Foster, technically good. Rarely caught out of posisition, virtually guaranteed to make a try worth 6 points but is he better than Briscoe, Hall, Cudjoe or Charnley?? I'd say no.

Lomax is outstanding and should be a shoe in.

Agreed hall is a very good winger and deserves his england shirt.

Perhaps the poster meant that he hasn't developed much in the last few years? he started as a very good winger and remains a very good winger but isnt a great winger yet.

Interesting looking at the State of Origin teams today, the wingers were Darius Boyd, Jhara Yow Yeh, Jarryd Hayne and Akuila Uate none of which are monsters, I wonder if we are seeing a move away from the massive wingers of the past decade or so. Could be good news for Foster et al

Foster is the new Matt Crowther.

Foster v any of those players is only going to end up one way.

I wouldnt like to stop any of them


Jarryd Hayne doesn't look that big on telly but stand next to him and he's very, very broad. Sorta like a bigger Ryan Atkins with bagloads more skill

Can they do round the ball try finishes with a quarter of an inch room in the corner? No. THey're all pants. The outside backs in Australia are so weak that NSW has to call wingers up from Fiji.

There's more to a winger than scoring a try saddened. His work rate is patheitc. That try you mentioned was an excelelnt finish. But give him the ball on the half way line, could he come up with the goods? No.

BOOOOOMMM!!!!






as the kids say lol

Of course he could.

You dont 'alf make me laugh sometimes


Jamie Foster > Jarryd Hayne

Jamie Foster > Hayne
Jamie Foster > Inglis
Jamie Foster > Yow Yeh
Jamie Foster > Boston
Jamie Foster > Murphy
Jamie Foster > Van Vollenhoven
Jamie Foster > Danny Arnold

Think you've missed my point there. I was saying that it doesn't matter who we pick to play on the wings for England because our coach doesn't want to play an expansive game so it will be rare that the wingers will get the ball in attacking positions

Foster has always looked too slow for a winger. Maybe centre will be his position long-term.

I like Hall a lot for Leeds - he's a good finisher and reasonable in defence - but he doesn't have that real edge that you'd expect from a great winger. At the moment however he's at least solid enough to not get overrun at international level, and he'll have to do until (sadly I should probably say 'if') we do find a genuine star.

I thought along those lines, but when we played Crusaders t'other week, Sammut made a break and Foster absolutely tore strips off him to chase him down easily. I think that display of pace suprised a few people.

And Hall would be fine at international level if we had a real quality centre inside him to create the chances that he'd inevitably finish.

It's the centres that we're still really lacking and are behind in.

We have a real lack of quality outside backs in this country. I can't understand why the Huddersfield backs aren't given a chance. McGilvray, Cudjoe and Lawrence all look very good to me, big, quick and solid in defense. Get them into the England team. Ryan Hall is rubbish, absolute pants. He flops over the line for 95% of his tries, he's no better than Ade Gardner.

except in every reasonable measure including try scoring.

though it pains me to do so

i must say, i agree with all of that.

In the game last night, the Wigan defenders absolutely dominated Foster each time he touched the ball – particularly when he was bringing it back from his own half or from dummy half (this was also before he received his head knock). Despite being a good SL with some good skills, Foster doesn’t have the size and strength to play internationally

He struggles physically at club level, never mind International. I'm yet to see him beat a man for pace from 30 or 40m out. Makinson on the other hand, I think the future's brighter for him IMO.

As well of having bagloads of skill over Foster, Hayne also has 3 stone on him. He would murder him if they were lined up against one another.

In fact I'd bet all the wingers mentioned would be above 15 stone. Don't get me wrong Foster is a good player, but can you see him defending against that lot? I can't.

I agree - Foster is too small but the Briscoe's, Hall's and McGilvary's can compete