England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:08 am  

Tomkins
Charnley
Ablett
Atkins
Hall
Sinfield
Chase
Crabtree
Roby
Peacock
Hock
Tickle
O'Loughlin

Burrow
Mossop
Carvell
Jones-Buchanan



worst england side iv seen for a long time!! o think anyone on this forum could have named a better 17 than that!!

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:14 am  

Pengy wrote:

Tomkins
Charnley
Ablett
Atkins
Hall
Sinfield
Chase
Crabtree
Roby
Peacock
Hock
Tickle
O'Loughlin

Burrow
Mossop
Carvell
Jones-Buchanan



worst england side iv seen for a long time!! o think anyone on this forum could have named a better 17 than that!!

What.

(I know Tickle has been in good form, but what.)

[Pemps]

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:15 am  

I sort of understand the inclusion of Ablett in the 17. He can cover second row or centre but to actually start him at centre seems ridiculous.

Surely Brough is a better 6 than Sinfield too?

[Pemps]

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:16 am  

Bovrick wrote:

What.

(I know Tickle has been in good form, but what.)

Other than the fact that he's not English, I don't really have too much of a problem with the inclusion of Chase but I would have paired him with Brough.

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:18 am  

think you can add burrow to your highlighted list too. If there is no micky mac in the squad then you might aswell just let roby do the full 80. Cant believe brough hasnt been given a chance and jjb....no matter how hard he tries hes just not good enough. Why not give a young forward a chance to prove them self? and i can believe ablett is in the team. i wouldnt want him anywhere near the centre spot at wigan never mind england! i actually do think an all english wigan team would beat that england team minus the wigan players!

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:25 am  

So much for picking form players when more than a third of the team come from the team in 9 th place in the league

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:27 am  

Can't believe people are actually surprised.

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:28 am  

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:28 am  

It's an insult. As simple as that.

So not only has he picked Leroy Cudjoe over Darrell Goulding, he's now picked Carl Ablett over Leroy Cudjoe AND Darrell Goulding. An average second rower who covers for centre when Watkins is crocked has got the starting England centre jersey over two young & exciting centres in Cudjoe/Goulding. He also omitted Ryan Atkins earlier in the year.

Sinfield over Brough? Again a truly astounding decision. I can only hope that Brough has picked up a knock.

Words fail with me McNamara. You can see why he was so awful in his time at Bradford.

Re: England 17 named... : Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:39 am  

Exiles side:

Brett Hodgson
Francis Meli
Darryl Millard
Setaimata Sa
Joel Monaghan
Thomas Leuluai
Scott Dureau
Jeff Lima
Lance Hohaia
Tony Puletua
Willie Manu
Sia Soliola
Trent Waterhosue
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Bench to be picked from:

David Faiumu
Eric Lauaki
David Fa'alango
Anthony Laffranchi
Antonio Kaufusi