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No Pryce, Wellens, Burrow, Gardner (Ade or Matt), Atkins or Gleeson.

Not sure who's injured and who's just been dropped but i think it's a poor squad. Especially in the halfbacks.

Ratchford's in the 20 man squad to play Wales.

Looking to the future?

Lee Smith shouldn't be in there he has gone to another sport.

Wellins is showing his age, he has lost thepace, lets see what another can do. Pryce was one of the few triers last international.

This squad will be facing something like this.

Slater, Hayne, Inglis, Hodges, Morris, Lockyer, Thurston, Weyman, Smith, White, Hindmarsh, Creagh, Stewart.

England chances of winning this imo, I dunno, 500-1.

That might be the score [iRP[/i, if England go for a dropgoal in the first few mins

how chris bridge is in the main squad in front of stef is beyond me

Is it cos he plays for the wire?

Bridge is a miles better player than Paul Sykes though...how on god's green earth does he keep getting picked????

obviously,which is why the national coach should not be a club coach as well,Myler might not have been tapped up by Smith if that was the case

its a positive that two current salford players have been selected in the england squad shows you shouldnt need to move to get a chance at international level

Stef is only in the Wales squad not the 4 nations squad.
Myler is despite being cack for two thirds of the season.
No real club/country bias there

OK squad , no real bias towards Warrington Players or Players linked with Wire


Chris Bridge (Warrington Wolves,)
Garreth Carvell (Warrington Wolves, )
Ben Harrison (Warrington Wolves, )
Mickey Higham (Warrington Wolves, )
Adrian Morley (Warrington Wolves, )
Richard Myler (Warrington Wolves, )
Danny Tickle (Warrington Wolves)
Ben Westwood (Warrington Wolves,)

No inference if you play for a club coached by the national team coach your chances of being selected are improved ....

When did we sign Tickle?

He ruled himself out because he needs an op

He is a warrington player tho isnt he, add myler to that list too

I'm not going to say anything, but put it this way, France might not be finishing bottom.

First off let me say this is not sour grapes at all and I think he will be Englands scrum half for some time but how does Myler merit a place bearing in mind he hasn`t played for some 3+ mths ????

Smith might have been training him in secret

I thinkTomkins will be FWIW.
Tony Smith=England Coach=Warrington Coach=Mylers Coach= justifying £200,000=England place.... simples

He said "OR LINKED WITH THE WIRE" do keep up

I can just see it now Slater and Thurston literally sh*tting themselves with worry, as one poster has already said maybe France won't come last.

On the other hand maybe a lack of ego will help the team gel, doubtful that the team will challenge Australia but an under strength NZ and France are beatable.
I also think that Myler will be the player of the tournament for England provided that Morley and the rest of the pack protect him and give him the platform he deserves.

All in all things can't be any worse than last year in the WC when England were torn apart by the Leeds and Saints factions that this time Smith has mercifully left out of the squad.

Now we will just have the Warrington factions fighting between themselves

From that list, only Mozza is good enough to play at international level. I am embarrassed that the likes of Westwood and Bridge have even been selected in the squad. They are terrible. The Kangaroos would be able to pick 20+ players in each position that these two can play in, who are far better. Add to that we have a coach who wasn't even good enough for a senior coaching job in the NRL.

Myler will be a top international IMO but he doesn't have the expereince or know-how just yet.

If Ratchford is not involved in eth games, I will be supporting NZ, and I hope that the Aussies smash England.