Yeah but you see my point, Anderson should be nowhere near the team with Hoffman replacing him, Tommy wouldn't be in for me as Dureau should be, Buderus wouldn't be in as Monaghan is far better. It just screams to me of deliberately holding the exiles back as it could and should have been a far better exiles team.

Do you mean, World Cup winner, 4 Nations winner, SL ring winner, Harry Sunderland winner, in demand by NRL clubs, Tommy Leuluai..................., seriously ?

He's a good player not a stand out but pretty good at everything he does and has to do. Obviously all those prizes (bar the Harry Sunderland) are team prizes but he is integral to the side.

The thing with Tommy is he is another one of those that gets the job done without showing off too much (except those superb hits he does when he knocks a forward on his back haha) and so people think he is rubbish when in actual fact he is very good, not World Class, but certainly very good he would get into the first team in probably every team in SL right now.

The NRL thing was just rumours though wasnt it?

No.

Surely consistently being in the kiwi side that has won pretty much everything makes him world class?

They're going to spank us either way.

Your probably right, but thats my point, if the Exiles team was as good as it could be we would have got slaughtered and what would that have achieved??

Well this isn't the strongest England side we can put out, so the whole event is a bit of a waste of time if you ask me.

Not quite this is an odd one really. Its like how we have squad players that played in the GF last year doesnt mean that that guy is the best in that position in super league it means he works well in a team just what Tommy does. Hes not far from World Class but hes not quite there.

I disgree but there you go, I don't really think you can compare one GF win last year to being consistently in the NZ over several seasons. In my opinion e has proved with his form in world cups and four/tri nations that he is world class

Andy Wilson @andywiz :

Eng-Exiles game going to get plenty press tomorrow if the Guardian's any guide. It's something novel, in a quiet sporting week. Encouraging.
good quotes from new exiles dad matt king: "I'll drive back over for the game tomorrow afternoon and hopefully be ready to beat the pommies."
the last training session pre-baby was "just like watching a sports car going along the highway effortlessly, we were awesome."
no pressure on francis meli and @patrichards5, but billy boston recalling his other nats experiences where other wing was brian bevan.

Boston on one wing and Bevan on the other

, possibly the best wing combo ever !!!

Better than Jimmy Hornby and Ronnie Braithwaite?

Dallas and Carney?

Surely you must be missing a Wink smiley

After that statement?

The England team is a damn disgrace IMHO.

Sinfield, Peacock, Wilkin, Bridge and McIlorum should be nowhere near that squad.

Bevan..........740 tries for Wire, 770 in total.
Boston.........478 tries for Wigan, 571 in total.
Carney.........42 tries for Wigan, 69 in total.
Dallas...........89 tries for Wigan, 153 in total.

Not even close !!!!

Sorry..............




Will that do?

I wonder if there's any particular reason why tonight's big game isn't on the BBC website's fixture list.

its a typical engalnd team, they have picked 90% names again and not on form,
mcllorum out of the 5 u have outlined is prob the one i think should be in the squad,
i dont think any of the or wingers are good enough for it at all, and myler is not creative enough on his own to be in the of the park,
we are looking down the barrell of a massive spanking tonight,
i hope we do, knock the england players down a peg, show them they need to work, need to get better and the sooner we can get rid of the boss, the better, will never understand how he got the job

www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 95318.html

www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 95318.html

6,500 tickets sold - as I said on the VT a disaster.

Link?

i read that in the sun!

the sun talks through its arris