The best winger England have had for 18 months and still no England cap.

Tom Johnstone is world class. Absolutely top quality finishing tonight. To be fair he only missed out last season due to the injury but joint top try scorer in the league and if he isn’t injured after that last minute knock should go onto finish top.

The lad has got back to his best after no pre season. Coming back from a season ending injury and missing a few games whilst getting back to fitness.

I really hope we see him in a gb shirt. Hall was a really good player but Johnstone can be (if he continues on) one of those once in a generation players. Here’s hoping.

But I think we have to praise that superleague is producing some top wing talent and it should be celebrated.

His second try tonight has to be one of the finishes of the season.

Tom Johnstone could further his career by moving to a top Super League club

Like Catalans?

The only place he'd further his career is in the NRL but he's still young and he's doing the goods with Trinity plus getting called up by England.

Top Super league club ?Wakefield are 5th in the league and 4th highest points scorers.

The injury to Ryan Hall is a real opportunity to test him out. Bennett could never really drop Hall for a test series given his performances and his record and likewise McGilvery has always shown up well. Now is the chance for him to show what he's made of.

It's good that's his injury sustained from thuggish Catalan is not season ending.

I'd go with Johnstone & Davies as the wingers personally.

Makinson?

I hope Johnstone gets an opportinity. I think calling him world class at this stage is still a little premature. No doubt he's an outstander finisher, but that doesn't make him world class, most wingers produce amazing finishes nowadays.

He is though, one of them few players, who, when he gets the ball, the crowd get excites and the crowd on the edge of their seat.

Certainly deserves an England call up, he's done brilliantly coming back from a bad injury too. We've got a good batch of young wingers. As CM Pubk said, Davies is a quality winger, as is Marshall. Charnleys come back from union still a decent player, and what a return for Manfredi after a horror 2 years. Hopefully we can start getting that kind of depth in the half-backs.

In case you haven't noticed since the World Cup England have not exactly played a lot of matches........................

What’s that got to do with anything?

Why would anyone drop McGilivray after his WC performances? He was one of our stand-out players. Whilst I'm not a Hudds fan and haven't seen him play week in/week out this season, unless his performances have tailed off dramatically that wing spot is his to lose. Johnstone for Hall is a no brainer and the lad looks quality.

The likes of Makinson and Davies (hopefully Manfredi can get back to his best as well and stake a claim) deserve a crack if injuries hit but until then McGilivray has proven himself on the international stage and deserves to keep the shirt.

I'd hazard a guess that you can't physically be awarded a cap if there aren't actually any games to play?

He wasn’t for the first 9 of those 18 months because he didn’t play.

Also with these calls for other wingers, it depends what you want from your wingers and Bennett clearly wants 2 guys who can be like extra forwards carrying the ball back and Hall and McGillivary are the two proven best at that. With Hall our injured it is a great chance for whoever gets picked but previously his continued selection has always proven correct.

So he wouldn't be furthering his career if he moved to a top club in England? One who actually challenged for, and won, major trophies, something Wakefield don't do?

Absolutely typical though of the total nonsense you get off 'Wakey' fans thesedays.

Not fussed whether Johnstone plays for England or not, but he's no shirker when it comes to bringing the ball up giving the forwards a rest. He's not built like Mcgillivray or Hall but he's a pain to put down.

Not saying he is a shirker or any other winger is for that matter, but it’s an area that Hall and McGillivary have excelled in not just at club level but International level. If Johnstone gets his chance this Autumn then it’ll be interesting to see if he can replicate his performances at a higher level against better players.

An outstanding talent, a real xfactor player. He'd be in my starting England team if fit without a doubt.

There is no question Johnstone is a different kind of winger to Hall or Mcgilvary.
Its about whether you think his talent has more to offer.
He's not gonna drive 15 yds after contact and stay on his feet.
He is gonna take it in, run through lots of half tackles, be elusive and burn up the turf, catch kicks and score in situations he has no right to.
I'd sacrifice that meters in contact thing, but there will be a horses for courses factor to consider.

The others can catch kicks and score when the have no right to. He does have more speed and can be more elusive with half tackles but how many half tackles do you think you get against the Aussies and Kiwis in internationals?

I wouldn’t sacrifice the metres in contact thing at international level because it’s more crucially al and you will have it throughout the game rather than hopeful that an Aussie defence is going to come up with half tackles.

Think what you like, it would still be stupid not to consider him.
With my England hat on, play him.
Wakey hat, don't, less opportunity for him to get injured, then he can carry on outscoring the league in the red white and blue.

its not rocket science

Has anyone said they wouldn’t consider him? Or that he shouldn’t play this Autumn?

I dunno, maybe its just one big long typo.