Re: England Team : Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:09 am  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Harry Newman is a far better centre than both Reece Lyne and Zak Hardaker, that’s a terrible selection from Wane. Oledzki and Leeming’s spot are well deserved.

I'm a big fan of Harry, but I think missing out on selection will be good for him. There is still a lot to improve on for him and maybe this will help focus him on that. He seems a pretty determined and bright kid and I think we'll take a leap forward next year.

Re: England Team : Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:10 am  

ArthurClues wrote:

I'm a big fan of Harry, but I think missing out on selection will be good for him. There is still a lot to improve on for him and maybe this will help focus him on that. He seems a pretty determined and bright kid and I think he'll take a leap forward next year.

Re: England Team : Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:17 am  

Newman should be first choice centre.
But I'm glad he's not playing.
He's just come back from a long injury lay off and played a lot of games with quick turnarounds.
Let him have the rest and start next year fresh.
Selfishly, I would have preferred the same for Mik tbh, but will be good to see how he goes.

Bateman, Farrell and Hardaker have been poor all year, but Wane still selects them.


Also, interesting to see how Abdull, Knowles and Evalds go.

Re: England Team : Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:46 am  

Newman and Hardaker are similar in a lot of ways. They're both strong broken field runners, and excellent competitors. But They're not team players, and rarely look to pass. Newman needs to work on this, or he'll be too one dimensional to make it at the highest level.

Re: England Team : Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:48 am  

Of course, Newman should have got in. But I can see him now smashing it this season and with a full pre-season on the back of that.

Re: England Team : Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:18 pm  

Newman still does need to make improvements. World Cup spot is there for the taking next year and he’ll know that.

Re: England Team : Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:50 pm  

Also news he has withdrawn from the squad due to non-specified leg injury… let’s hope it’s not the old injury causing problems.