Your England 17

[neilboardman]

1 S.Tomkins
2 J.Charnley
3 D.Goulding
4 J.Reed
5 R.Hall
6 G.Widdop
7 M.Smith
8 J.Graham
9 M.Mcllorum
10 L.Mossop
11 S.Burgess
12 L.farrell
13 S.O'Loughlin

subs

Sinfield
Hock
Westwood
Morley

[cpwigan]

Personally I would go with a huge pack and that means the biggest forward in the NRL, George Burgess is a must. You only need 1 small forward and that would be Lockers which means no Faz.

Forward wise we have the likes of Sam Burgess, George Burgess, James Graham, Gaz Hock/Ben Westwood. We literally need to batter the Aussies into submission by selecting a team that can pin the Aissies back in their 20 which negates their backline advantage. I the game comes down to backline v backline v Aus we will lose. We need a very big pack and at least 2 great kickers.

I do not think Steve Mac will not pick Sinfield.

[markill]

Personally I would go with a huge pack and that means the biggest forward in the NRL, George Burgess is a must. You only need 1 small forward and that would be Lockers which means no Faz.

Forward wise we have the likes of Sam Burgess, George Burgess, James Graham, Gaz Hock/Ben Westwood. We literally need to batter the Aussies into submission by selecting a team that can pin the Aissies back in their 20 which negates their backline advantage. I the game comes down to backline v backline v Aus we will lose. We need a very big pack and at least 2 great kickers.

I do not think Steve Mac will not pick Sinfield.

We also need players who read the game well defensively and make tackles. Farrell would be better in this respect than Hock or Westwood for me, but I see your rationale completely. George B is a must like you say - Him, Scott and Bromwich have been the best props in NRL so far this year from what I've seen. I wonder how Luke B will come back from injury. I don't think he can be discounted if he comes back well in 2nd half of season, he went well last year in NRL which gives him a leg up on the likes of Hill, Carvell and Mossop.

[Owd Codger]

Tomkins
Charnley
Goulding
Watkins
Hall
Widdup
Sinfield
Burgess
Roby
Graham
Hock
Westwood
O'Loughin

Ellis
McGuire
Mcllorum
Mossop