I think this would be a great idea. Not only would it spread the potential problems of injuries around the league fairly, it would force creativity in the selection process rather than the obvious 'top player' selections.

About time this got organised. The last few mid season internationals have been a waste of time. This would be the nearest to origin games we'll get over here.

A maximum of up to 2 players from each club for both teams is the only way this is going to work if its going to be on the same weekend as a round of fixtures, however it kind of defeats the object of the game which im assuming is to strengthen England RL by giving them bigger tests before facing Aus/NZ.



A weakened England Team;



Tomkins - Wigan

Fox - Hull KR

Shenton - Saints

Bridge - Warrington

Cudjoe - Huddersfield

McGuire - Leeds

Robinson - Huddersfield

Graham - St Helens

Sinfield - Leeds

Burgess - Sydney

Westwood - Warrington

Ellis - Wests

O'Loughlin - Wigan



Scruton - Bradford

Smith - Salford

Lynch - Bradford

Purdham - Quins



vs a Weakened 'all stars' team:



Pattern - Salford

Monaghan - Warrington

King - Warrington

Delaney - Leeds

Richards - Wigan

Leuluai - Wigan

Dobson - Hull KR

Perry - St Helens

Buderus - Leeds

Mason - Hull KR

O'Donnell - Huddersfield

Puletua - St Helens

Fitzgibbon - Hull FC



O'Meley - Hull FC

Fa'alogo - Huddersfield

Feka - Salford

Randall -Quins



Not as exciting...

I dont want WIGAN calling off games due to this international game as we will end up playing another midweek game on top of that cas game that hasnt been arranged yet 2 months on from the fixtures being in the clubs hands.If we are taking the international game serious cancel a weekend so all you have is the focus on the england game.

The interesting thing for me is the England Knights squad which will be announced shortly. It appears that this will be a squad between academy and full International level, I'm guessing 19 - 22 year olds.



They should be able to pick a team from that age group to compete against the full French squad.

got to agree with this, you could have a tri nations between england nights, france and wales which would be a very good little comp.

Well not really seeing as they couldn't even win the Euro Cup. They're e, just face it.



2008 - LAST in the World Cup and in the game I went too they were dreadful.

2009 - Hammered in the 4 Nations

2010 - Lost to Wales in the Euro Cup

For all those complaining that their team will be losing players, isn't this making for a good opportunity for young players to break through and make a name for themselves? It would be interesting to see what team we would put out if we had lost Leuluai, Richards, Tomkins x2, O'Loughlin etc...



To be honest, I think we would cope better than most other teams even though we are likely to lose a lot more players. How will Cas/Hull KR handle losing Chase and Dobson for instance?

Roberts

Goulding

Gleeson

Carmont

Charnley

Deacon

Finch

Fielden

McIlorum

Coley

Hansen

Hoffman/Tuson

Farrell



Lima

Prescott

O'Carroll

Logan Tomkins



Not a bad side at all imo

Looking at it like that, it's amazing that we would still have Mossop, Pryce, Marsh etc left over, meaning we could lose Roberts and Goulding too and still wouldn't really need to dip into totally inexperienced players.

I like this idea but I don't really see why they didn't have the foresight to plan it in advance so that there was a gap in the fixtures when it takes place so though no club is particularly disadvantaged. I can see this game really being one to watch if everyone is available for selection.



1. Pattern/Roberts (form a massive factor, one coming over from the NRL, the other coming off the back of an injury)

2. J.Monaghan

3. King

4. Soliola

5. Richards

6. Chase

7. T.Leuluai

8. Perry

9. M.Monaghan

10. O'Meley

11. Lauititi

12. Hoffman

13. Fitzgibbon



14. K.Leuluai

15. Buderus

16. Lima

17. Solomona



That team is roughly equal to England, and may even be better if the backs see plenty ball.

assuming we dont have 4 or 5 injured players ?