Re: England team Vs New Zealand : Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:07 pm  

BuckleyStreetWire wrote:

His Dad is from Warrington (and he still has family in Warrington) which makes him half British. He now lives and plays in Leeds and has said he wants to play for England. I don't see the problem at all. It's not like we're just letting any old player with two Aussie or Kiwi parents play just because he's over here now.

How old is he though? Surely we should give a younger player like Ben Currie, John Bateman or Alex Walmsley a crack?

Re: England team Vs New Zealand : Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:32 pm  

You play the best players available surely.

Re: England team Vs New Zealand : Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:43 pm  

cadoo wrote:

How old is he though? Surely we should give a younger player like Ben Currie, John Bateman or Alex Walmsley a crack?

Bateman and Walmsley will be certainly in the 17 anyway imo.Walmsley without doubt.Might just be a little soon for Currie but he could be in the squad.

Re: England team Vs New Zealand : Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:17 pm  

If Watkins/Hardaker pull out as somebody mentioned earlier I wouldn't be surprised to see Currie in to cover back row and centre.

Without Reed and Watkins we'd be looking at Percival and Shenton in the centres I'd have thought (although I'd pick Percival and Bateman).

Re: England team Vs New Zealand : Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:06 pm  

If Hardaker is fit and available it wouldn't surprise me to see him play centre now with all these injuries.Not the way i would go but could see it happening

Re: England team Vs New Zealand : Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:08 pm  

cadoo wrote:

How old is he though? Surely we should give a younger player like Ben Currie, John Bateman or Alex Walmsley a crack?

Age doesn't matter. He's only too old when he retires through being too old to play anymore or retires from international rugby.

Walmsley and Bateman will be in the squad and would be in my starting 13 with Cuthbertson