Murrell although a good stop gap for us last year, post Cooke, still wasn't good enough as a 6. Great player to have on the pitch and at 13 he gives us another kicking option (similar to as Sinfield at Leeds) but his severe lack of pace rules him out of being a top class 6.

1 to 13 should be specialists in thier positions but we need a utility back to cover in case of injuries in the match, the other three subs tend to be big forwards these days,
As you say there is no time to gain experiance & there lies the whole problem untill we go back to proper tours with more games & a proper international series with clubs giving up there players as soccer. cricket & union do the international game will fizzel out & with it any chance of serious media coverage for our game. The big hurdel there is that the Aussies dont give a dam about the game except for the NRL & origin.

Step up Benny Cockayne, one of the better players we had last season imo and coming off the bench can cover plenty of positions and pick up the tempo of a game when needed.

couldn't agee more about charlie

Ben Cockayne will never play for England, even if he scores 50 tries and is M.O.M every week it still wont happen.

i never said for england, just said that he's a great option off the bench given that most sides go with 3 forwards plus a utility player

in that case, i couldnt agree more

Easy to pick an exceptional England team according to this song:

Number 1, is Stanley Gene, Number 2 is Stanley Gene, Number 3 is Stanley Gene, Number 4 is Stanley Gene, Number 5 is Stanley Gene, Number 6 is Stanley Gene, Number 7 is Stanley Gene, Number 8 is Stanley Gene, Number 9 is Stanley Gene, Number 10 is Stanley Gene, Number 11 is Stanley Gene, Number 12 is Stanley Gene Number 13 is Stanley Gene

All we want is a team of Stanley Gene's, a team of Stanley Gene's, a team of Stanley Gene's...

Good team that, only problem I can see is Stan's heritage.

And the fact he missed out "and all the subsssss are Stanley Gene".....