Re: England squad for France : Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:34 pm  

leedsbarmyarmy wrote:

Wane needs to stop picking players like Lomax who withdraw from the squad at every opportunity.

Especially when he withdrew from the World cup squad after managing to play injured through the season.

Saints players more than most seem to pull out of the squads, is this pressure from people at the club or do they not care about representing England.

Tbf think Saints players put club before country. This is a pointless fixture vs France too, what are we going to learn?

Re: England squad for France : Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:11 am  

Its about building a team that have played together and understand each other, so when we get to the big games we dot look disjointed and things click straight away.

Re: England squad for France : Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:48 am  

leedsbarmyarmy wrote:

Its about building a team that have played together and understand each other, so when we get to the big games we dot look disjointed and things click straight away.

I get that, but you need to play an opposition who people are excited and motivated to play, otherwise players drop out and becomes pointless…..

Re: England squad for France : Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:52 am  

who else is there?
plus a third of the squad play in Australia.
a week of training would be just as beneficial

Re: England squad for France : Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:00 am  

The test series against Tonga has been confirmed at the end of the season.

St Helens, Huddersfield, and Headingley will be the venues.

It would be nice if Tonga could play a game in France too.

Australia, NZ and Samoa also likely to play a tri nations in NZ.

Fiji, PNG and the cook islands likely to play in a separate tri nations.