England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:03 am  

England World Cup Squad Named The England squad to travel to Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guineap for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup was named at lunchtime today and came hot on the heels of the news that one of its bright stars, Castelford’s Zak Hardaker, was definitely out of the World Cup and facing an uncertain future after failing a drugs test. England’s World Cup campaign kicks off with a game against the hosts Australia at 20:05 (UK) on Friday the 27th October at AAMI Park in Melbourne, followed by group games against Lebanon and France. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

England World Cup Squad Named The England squad to travel to Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guineap for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup was named at lunchtime today and came hot on the heels of the news that one of its bright stars, Castelford’s Zak Hardaker, was definitely out of the World Cup and facing an uncertain future after failing a drugs test. England’s World Cup campaign kicks off with a game against the hosts Australia at 20:05 (UK) on Friday the 27th October at AAMI Park in Melbourne, followed by group games against Lebanon and France. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:51 am  

4 Warrington players and no wakey players

Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:03 pm  

Only Two wingers, only two out and out centres, squad looks very unbalanced. Kevin Brown ... Really. How does Lomax get in ahead of Shaul ... oh I forgot he is a centrally paid player so has to play no matter what. Heighington is a joke selection surely. No Watts.

Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:11 pm  

Rubbish selection IMO, we'll be lucky to make it into the semi final

For me, if this squad fail to bring back the cup, I'd like to see the lot of them dropped including the whole coaching system. Put McDermott in charge and a couple from Powell/Chester/Wane/Radford as assistants. Start from the bottom and work back up with a brand new squad of 50-60 younger players who will be able to form a team in preparation for the next world cup. Give them plenty of training opportunities, and friendlies against other local countries

Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:17 pm  

Proves what we already knew.

Bennett watches few, if any, Super League games.

Awful picks and glaring omissions.

[PopTart]

Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:57 pm  

Most of them are expected.
The Warrington boys and Heighinton are the weird ones for me.
The rest are ok.
Obviously it have put Hardaker in before this weekend.

Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:59 pm  

I'm sure we must all agree that Ashurst should be in there, especially ahead of Heighinton and Currie.

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Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:07 pm  

Luckily I have barely any interest in England RL, even less now.

Come on Ireland

Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:08 pm  

Once again the lack of Wakefield players will make watching England fall flat on their face more enjoyable.

Re: England World Cup Squad Named : Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:12 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Once again the lack of Wakefield players will make watching England fall flat on their face more enjoyable.

Yep, I shall be supporting Ireland in this campaign, I'm sure Liam O'finn and Scott McGrix will do the club proud