Re: Autumn international : Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:07 pm  

Jamie Shaul could think himself slightly unlucky to not make the squad in terms of the FB position.

Re: Autumn international : Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:13 pm  

William Eve wrote: Not an Aussie-born in sight among the squad of 24! Dan Sarginson?

William Eve wrote: Not an Aussie-born in sight among the squad of 24! Dan Sarginson?

Re: Autumn international : Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:19 pm  

ducknumber1 wrote:

Dan Sarginson?

Well spotted.

I'd no idea he was born in Australia.

London accent suggests he moved to the UK a while ago.

That makes him an immigrant.

Kick him out!
No Regards.
Theresa May, Lots of Tories, Farage, UKIP, several Labour MP's and over half the population of the UK!

Re: Autumn international : Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:34 pm  

William Eve wrote:

I'd have taken a punt on Blake Austin.

I forgot about him, did he put his hand up?

I would have thought he was on the brink of origin selection.

Re: Autumn international : Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:14 pm  

Ferres ruled out of the England squad with a calf injury and Stevie Ward called into the squad.

Re: Autumn international : Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:19 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Ferres ruled out of the England squad with a calf injury and Stevie Ward called into the squad.

Seen a few not happy about this on twitter because Ward plays for Leeds and we had a bad year. One or two thought Matty Ashurst should have been given a go

Re: Autumn international : Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:26 pm  

Loyal Leeds Fan wrote:

Seen a few not happy about this on twitter because Ward plays for Leeds and we had a bad year. One or two thought Matty Ashurst should have been given a go

I saw on the VT and the Wakey board that it's mostly Wakefield fans with their small town chips on their shoulders. Only issue with the squad they have is that they're 3 Leeds players in and Leeds have had a poor season......not hearing any moans about the Burgess boys from South Sydney or McGillivery from Hudds mind you.

Re: Autumn international : Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:28 pm  

Ward will have been a stand by chosen by Bennett so it's natural he steps in if that's the case.

Good for him but doubtful he will get a place in the 17 barring a few injuries. He will be a fixture over the coming years though i'm sure and that is probably why Bennett has brought him in for the experience.

Re: Autumn international : Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:03 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Ward will have been a stand by chosen by Bennett so it's natural he steps in if that's the case.

Good for him but doubtful he will get a place in the 17 barring a few injuries. He will be a fixture over the coming years though i'm sure and that is probably why Bennett has brought him in for the experience.

Spot on, whilst we want to win this 4 Nations their also has to be some thought about years ahead especially with the World Cup next year with regards to the squad and that's where Ward comes in as a much stronger candidate to be a regular in future years.

In a way I hope Ward isn't picked/needed for the matches against NZ and Australia and he wouldn't be ready to be facing that level of competition at his point in his comeback, but if he can feature against France in the warmup match (depending if the likes of Bateman & Farrell are given more rest post GF) and maybe even Scotland then that's a good experience for him.

Re: Autumn international : Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:02 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Are you seriously suggesting there isn't a single England qualified player throughout the entirety of SL who hasn't performed better than the can't-be-@rsed tripe that Watkins has served up this season?

Whereas I was regularly critical of Watkins this season, because he wasn't at the races for the majority of the season, he did come into form towards the end and this did include performances against top of the table Hull and Wigan. I think that his problem is a mental one becasuse when his attitude is positive he had all the skills to be world class. So as the form centre he has to make the team otherwise it means playing a second row type player with no foot or hand skills.