Foxy, Murrell and Wattsy.

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well done to all three. I thought Shaun Briscoe did enough towards the end of the season to justify being called up.

Well done all three, pleased to see Scotty getting some recognition for a great end to the season. Will be good experience for Liam Watts as well.

Well done and well deserved.

BUT. It does show the lack of talent in depth we have in England. The following players wouldnt even get a game in the NRL.

:7p9e7o1xJodie Broughton (Salford City Reds):7p9e7o1x
:7p9e7o1xTony Clubb (Harlequins RL):7p9e7o1x
Jamie Langley (Bradford Bulls)
Mick Higham (Warrington Wolves)
Scott Murrell (Hull KR)
Nick Scruton (Bradford Bulls)
Michael Shenton (Castleford Tigers)
:7p9e7o1xPaul Sykes (Bradford Bulls):7p9e7o1x
Liam Watts (Hull KR)
Joe Westerman (Castleford Tigers)
Ben Westwood (Warrington Wolves)
Gareth Widdop (Melbourne Storm)
:7p9e7o1xKirk Yeaman (Hull FC)

.Those in bold should be very pleased of the call up as they are very, very average.

And some would have us believe we didn't have 3 english players !

You would think Tony Smith was the coach with the amount of Wolves players! Wouldn't bother with Yeaman and expected Brisc, can he still call on him if Tomkins is injured in the playoffs? Wattsy and Scotty deserve it but didn't expect Macca to select them, They will probably be left out once he makes his selections from the teams that are currently still in the Playoffs.

Murrell, barring his spell at hooker earlier this season has been consistently good for many months and desrves his chance. Watts has undoubtedly been knocking on the door this year but delighted, if not surprised, he got his chance so quickly.

I agree, I hope i'm wrong but it is just a fallout squad with 4 teams still to have a pick from

Whether or not they make the flight over it is a credit to our club that they have been chosen. We came into the Super League with Scott and many said he was never going to make it in the top flight. Not only has he proven them wrong he has now been selected to train with the best this country has to offer.

With Liam I think he has had a long tough season and this showed in his last couple of performances. The break from play and the training from the England camp may bring the best out of him and he might be refreshed enough to make an impact down under (if he is taken).

Best of luck to all of them and here is to HKR's future development of potential England prospects.

Good job Murrells not in bold aint it

Obviously i`m going to be bias!

My 17 would be

1- Widdop
2-Fox
3-Atkins
4-Shenton
5-T.Briscoe
6-S.Tomkins
7-Myler
8-Morley
9-Roby
10-Peacock
11-Ellis
12-J.Tomkins
13-Burgess

14-Sinfield
15-Crabtree
16-Graham
17-Moore

Peacock won't be available, unfortunately. Still the pack isn't the problem really.

Fox is the only one with a realistic chance of going but it's still a great achievement for the other two.

Fox has done really well to rightly force his way back into contention. Watts has had a tremendous season and has definitely got the potential to be a future England International if he can keep up the progress seen this season. I don't think Murrell will ever play for England but it's a massive pat on the back for The Drighlington Dynamo to get into the train on squad.

Richly deserved , especially pleased for Scott after the way Justin messed him about at the start of the year...really changed our season when he realised the error of his ways..be interesting to see what shirt Scott gets next year..

I think you'll find that was Clint Newton's fault Lazzington.

As a member of the "senior group" he will have had his say......

You are really pushing this one, has anyone else used it yet?

No.

Good campaign this.

TBH the only one I would take is Watts, he would benefit from the experiernce as he is likely to be a future test player. Scotty isn't an international and Fox is poor defensively and will get shown up against the Aussies IMO, but he is no worse than some on the list, we are very weak in the back division compared to Aus and NZ

Tompkins has to play at full-back IMO and with Widdop in there, there's no real need for Briscoe.

Watts will probably just be in there for the experience at this point.

However, I do feel there is a chance Murrell may actually get a shot because I think Sinfield will be used as a hooker again, Tompkins will be used as a full-back, O'Loughlin may (possibly) be used as a centre and also the number of injuries to half-backs i.e. Eastmond, Pryce, McGuire all out. McNamara may put Scotty in at loose-man and use him as a kicker cos we can't go on playing the Aussies & NZ without having someone in with a decent kicking game...

Murrell won't be on the plane. Scott is a great clubman, and has comfortably stepped up to SL level since our promotion. However, his lack of any pace whatsoever will prevent him gaining international honours.

Doesn't make him a poor player, he just doesn't warrant selection for the national team.

Hasn't stopped Paul Deacon representing his country 14 times.