England squad : Tue Oct 11, 2016 11:21 pm  

Nice to see 25% of the squad are Bulls. More, if you include Luke Gale.

Re: England squad : Tue Oct 11, 2016 11:40 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Nice to see 25% of the squad are Bulls. More, if you include Luke Gale.

Luke Gale = Leeds

[Bullseye]

Re: England squad : Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:46 am  

It's a bit of a "have a look at what you could've won" moment.

Decent squad. The only possible changes I might have considered would be to include Houghton instead of one of the halfbacks included.

I might have gone with Westerman or Hughes instead of Ferres too.

Shame Currie was injured as he'd be in. Apart from that it looks good to me.

Re: England squad : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:21 am  

I remember when Luke Gale was public enemy number one on here!

Re: England squad : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:30 am  

I hope Gale isn't first choice as I still don't rate him as international class.Bennett will probably go with Williams and Widdop at halves,although Widdop hasn't had a good season down under.We have the forwards to beat any team so the choices in the halves/backs will be crucial.Should be some good matches though.
Escare a good signing for Wigan for next year.

Re: England squad : Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:43 am  

Nah, must be a mistake. only Saints, Wigan and Leeds develop juniors.

For me i'd go Widdop and Williams who i think is a class HB. Stick with him, let him experience test match rugby and hopefully we should have a top HB for next years WC.

Re: England squad : Sat Oct 15, 2016 9:16 am  

Just about to watch AusvNZ.Thurston and Cronk will show us what we are up against in the halves come the 4 Nations.

Re: England squad : Sat Oct 15, 2016 9:25 am  

madasmcmadammcmad2 wrote:

Just about to watch AusvNZ.Thurston and Cronk will show us what we are up against in the halves come the 4 Nations.

There's an argument to be made that England's halves are the worst in the competition, with Thurston/Cronk for Aus, Leuluai/Johnson for NZ and Brough/Brierley for Scotland.

Re: England squad : Sat Oct 15, 2016 10:16 am  

As it stands,I think our halves are the wealest,but Williams has great potential and Widdop can play to a high standard.Hopefully Gale won't get in as they would make mincemeat of him.
Great 1st half AusvNZ,could go either way.Holmes on the wing for Oz looks electric.

Re: England squad : Sat Oct 15, 2016 11:00 am  

Thurston and Cronk ran the show.Therein lies the challenge for England.Oz look strong to me.