2 centres....yes, Watkins and Cudjoe, although There's Bateman, Ferres, who can cover. Maybe Leeds pairing on one side and Huddersfield on the other if he's actually gonna paly people in their positions.

...Cuthbertson?

nope, Cuthbertson isn't in.

Do we want to build a squad for the future or do we want to just win a test series vs NZ? If it's the latter, Danny McGuire should be in there on form, well ahead of Matt Smith.

Agree with that, only Smith can be put in the lucky to be selected bracket but it seems Mcnamara is to keep faith in him and continue with him at 7.

very surprising Cuthbertson isn't included.He brings far more to the table than Ferres who hasn't been great this year.

Hopefully Whitehead actually gets to play this time, rather than just making up the numbers like he did last year.

The issue is squad balance. There are too many backrowers and not enough props. We don't need Farrell and Bateman because there are already 4 better backrowers in the squad. What we need is more props, and greater cover in the halves and centres.



As for O'Loughlin, his day is well past. Hard to see what he offers except for a couple of penalties for head-high tackles. Maguire should certainly be in there on form, and he can be an old head to steer a team around the pitch as well as anybody.

If McNamara plays Matty Smith at 7 ahead of Luke Gale then it really is all about club colours.

Few stand outs that shouldn't be anywhere near the England squad in Cudjoe, Farrell, Smith & Westwood.



Outside of that it's a strong looking squad.



Is Shenton unavailable for selection? Because Cudjoe over him is pretty laughable if not.



McGuire for Smith

Cuthbertson for Westwood

Shenton for Cudjoe

Watts for Farrell

Would make the squad much better.

He's Australian !



He's been around for 10 years or more and wanted to play Origin and rep for Australia. In those 10 years he never felt patriotic enough to say he was available for England because he's not English.



Now, in the twighlight of his career when Origin and Australia are never going to happen he suddenly feels English.



Nope, not for me!



Apart from that, in the second half of the season his form hasn't been good enough!

Cudjoes been in outstanding form both in defence and attack