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Quote ="LovesToSpooge"Looking at the teams, it's an Exiles win for me. 1. Brett Hodgson 2. Francis Meli 3. Matt King 4. George Carmont 5. Pat Richards 6. Rangi Chase 7. Thomas Leuluai 8. Kylie Leuluai 9. Danny Buderus (C) 10. Mark O'Meley 11. Tony Puletua 12. David Fa'alogo 13. Craig Fitzgibbon 14. David Faiumu 15. Louis Anderson 16. Willie Manu 17. Glenn Morrison 18. Iosia Soliola'" according the this...pat and Carmont are on the right, with King and Meli on left www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

Only because of injury.

Lockers would probably play 6 for us if a few of our half-backs were out injured but I would never suggest he should play 6 for England.

Sinfield could do a job at hooker but he is not good enough at 6 or 13 for international level.

You have taken this out of context.... I was responding to Utred who said "I'm probably the only person who thinks this but I'd rather represent Lancashire than England" I agreed and explained why... I'm Lancastrian first... English second, cause i'm not totally English genetically.

Anyone know how well tickets are selling for this? I seem to get 2 or 3 emails off the RFL every day advertising them so cant selling too well.

Because the pricing is all wrong. You can't put an extra game on a weekend and not have megga cheap tickets.

Still maintain this game should have been played at Warrington.

This game should have been played midweek

There's no football on, the union seasons over, the night game so cricket is off the books.

Midweek international with Sky/RFL really pushing it would have sold out no problem.

RFL in ticket pricing balls up shocker!!!

Yes, due to McGuire being injured. So he has played 6 for Leeds this year.
Who would you have had at stand off?

Answered your own question.

Yes... already got my tickets for Wembley and they cost me £10 each.

My original choice was Brown at 6 with Brough at 7.... they have been the form half-backs this season and they play together every week.

Both now can't play so I would definantly want to try something new. Lomax has been looking superb so I would put him in.... Myler is unfortunatly the other 7 in the squad so it would be those two at half-back. It is only a trial game though so I would have been tempted to try Gaskell and Lomax. I just don't see the point of playing Sinfield who has had countless chances and never impressed.

Lomax.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The one player I was really disappointed not to see in the squad was Jamie Foster.
How far do you think Kirk Dixon, Lee Mossop, Liam Farrell, Josh Charnley, Stefan Ratchford, Craig Hall, Jonny Lomax and Jodie Broughton are off the England squad?

Mossop, Farrell and Lomax should be in anyway.

Craig Hall's barely getting in the HKR team so I would think he is some distance off an international call up tbh

I would imagine they haven't been selling well but then again the RFL does tend to send a lot of emails out just before what it considers are the big games, regardless of the number of tickets being sold. But even if tickets don't sell well, the crowds were really low at the first Challenge Cup final too, apparently, and yet now we get sell outs so we probably shouldn't take too much from ticket sales this time around. If the match turns out to be a really competitive one with a great atmosphere - putting Perry in the Exiles team would certainly have helped that! - then it will sell itself next year, assuming it takes place next year, so long as the RFL dedicate a weekend to the game clear of all league fixtures (not just Superleague), play it somewhere other than dreary Headingley and price the tickets right.

Maybe part of future criteria should be a minimum of one player per team, so everyone in SL has some link to the game.

That would also stop teams like us from having 7 players involved in the game. Slightly unfair if you ask me.

No, the main point of this is to give the England team a competitive fixture, so it has to be as near as possible to the full England team, injuries (and the NRL lads) apart.

Only for the Exiles, the england squad should be the best 17 whoever.

It should be a mid week game and the teams should consist of the best players out there IMO.

No watering it down or making it fan friendly in anyway shape or form. For me it's a fantastic idea that if allowed to grow and played to it's strengths will catch on like a house on fire.

Let's not devalue it by placing team limits or fan picks.

It should be top players coached by top managers in our best stadia.

Taking injuries into account and the 3 unavailable lads in australia, if i were steve McNamara I would've gone with a 17 of:

1. Sam T
2. McGilvray
3. Cudjoe
4. Shenton
5. Briscoe
6. McGuire
7. Lomax
8. Graham
9. Sinfield
10. Crabtree
11. Westwood
12. Peacock
13. O'Loughlin

14. Robinson
15. Joel Tomkins
16. Mossop
17. Morley

I'll probably get alot of stick for putting Mossop in there but he has been absolutely outstanding for us this season, ive never seen him take a step backwards, he's having a better season than Joel IMO so if hes in there why shouldnt Mossop be? Peacock and Morley are only in there because of the unavailability of Ellis and Burgess but for real games we need to start forgetting about players like that. They are not the future they have been tried and tested and failed. We need to give new faces like Mossop, Lomax, Cudjoe and McGilvaray a chance.

I'd want to see England face the toughest opposition possible.

Isn't McGuire crocked, hence Sinfield playing 6 for Leeds?