ENGLAND KNIGHTS v IRELAND

[Ireland_RL]

England Knights v Ireland. This Saturday 16th June, 16.45pm, langtree Park, St.Helen's. This is being played as a double header along with the England v Exiles game at 18.45pm. The one ticket gives entry to both games although the RFL have hardly advertised this fact. Nor is it mentioned on ticketmaster where they are sold. It's a shame as both teams deserve a decent crowd. I'm sure if the England fans knew, they would get the value and watch both games.
Spread the word !!!!

Come on you boys in green.

 

[roughyedspud]

and nor is it mentioned on the RLi site...................just saying

 

[Ireland_RL]

Ireland Squad:-

4 superleague players
Tyrone McCarthy, warrington
Dave Allen, widnes
Kurt Haggerty*, widnes
Jamie O'Callaghan, broncos
2 Chapionship players
Liam Finn, Feath
Michael Haley, Feath
Chamionship One players
Ian Cross, N W Crusaders on loan from Saints
Anthony Mullally*, Whitehaven on loan from Widnes
Superleague U20s players
Sean Casey* (Leeds Rhinos),
Danny Bridge*, (warrington)
James Mendicka*(warrington)
Aaron McCloskey,(saints)
John O'Donnell* (wigan)
Championship & Championship One reserve players
Elliott Cosgrove (Dewsbury Rams)
Pat Smith (Sheffield Eagles),
Players based in Ireland
Wayne Kerr, ex Oldham Roughyeds
Adam Hughes*,
Joe Taylor, ex Leeds Rhinos U20s
Paddy Barcoe

The following are absent due to either injury, not selected, not released, or declined selection: (if any one knows, please post)
pat Richards (injured)
Damien Blanch (injured)
Jason Golden (injured)
Tim Bergin (injured)
Kyle Amor
Luke Ambler
Bob Beswick
Greg McNally
Paul Handforth
James Haley
Scott Grix
Simon Grix
Simon Finnegan
Eamon O'Carroll
Sean Gleeson
Shannon McDonnell

 

[roughyedspud]

england team..

1. tomkins
2. chanley
3. ablett
4. atkins
5. hall
6. sinfield
7. chase
8. crabtree
9. roby
10. peacock
11. hock
12. tickle
13. o'loughlin

14. burrow
15. carvell
16. mossop
17. jjb

 

[hutch]

anyone got the england knights team?

 

[roughyedspud]

oopppss sorry my bad..wrong thread

 

[Ireland_RL]

Any news on the England Knights team.
Trying to guess the Ireland Team... here goes.

1. Ian Cross
2.Jamie O'Callaghan
3. James Mendeika
4 Elliott Cosgrove
5 Joe Taylor
6 Sean Casey
7 Liam Finn
8 Anthony Mullally
9 Pat Smith
10 Michael Haley
11 David Allen
12 Kurt Haggerty
13 Tyrone McCarthy
interchange
14 Aaron McCloskey (prop)
15 Wayne Kerr (prop)
16 Danny Bridge (2nd row)
17 John O'Donnell (centre)
reserves
18 Barcoe (forward)
19 Hughes (wing)

 

[roughyedspud]

England Knights (from): J Broughton (Salford), C Clarkson (Leeds), P Clough (St Helens), M Cooper (Warrington), R Evans (Warrington), L Farrell (Wigan), D Ferguson (Huddersfield), M Flanagan (St Helens), L Gaskell (St Helens), Z Hardaker (Leeds), J Hodgson (Hull KR), B Jones-Bishop (Leeds), S Lunt (Leeds), J McGillvary (Huddersfield), S Ratchford (Warrington), C Riley (Warrington), M Smith (Salford), S Taylor (Hull KR), G Wheeler (St Helens).

really hope gaskell & lomax play 6 & 7......and i can see the knights winning by 60

 

[Evil Homer]

i can see the knights winning by 60

And what good does that do for anyone?

 

[roughyedspud]

it'll be good to hear you whinge about the knights for abit.....

 

[Evil Homer]

it'll be good to hear you whinge about the knights for abit.....

How can you claim to be interested in international development and then post crap like this? Get a grip.

FWIW, Ireland have agreed to not select a bunch of first-choice players for this match on the basis that it's a meaningless game and England Knights are not a real team, which probably explains most of the absences listed earlier in the thread. Source: http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/spo...rty-could-play-for-club-and-country-1-4632785

 

[RedVee]

development game, then?

 

[roughyedspud]

How can you claim to be interested in international development and then post crap like this? Get a grip.

a year out from a world cup im interested in englands development

 

[hutch]

5-10 years ago these types of games didn't even exist. Shows how far we have come that we now have a weekend in the north with 3 international rep games!

 

[Ireland_RL]

I read the link above about Aston not selecting the halifax lads. This was a polite way of saying that the club would not release them. Which is probably the case for several other players too. So we can assume that this is the case with leigh who also play NRC on Sunday and have a fistful of irish players. If the RFL wanted this fixture, they should have stipulated that clubs in the UK release their players to Ireland and not just England. Totally unfair. And the RLI should not have agreed to it without that guarantee. The RLIF need to step in if they are really interested in the lesser nations developing on the international stage. Or are the lower ranked teams just cannon fodder for England to develop?

 

[roughyedspud]

FWIW, Ireland have agreed to not select a bunch of first-choice players for this match on the basis that it's a meaningless game and England Knights are not a real team, which probably explains most of the absences listed earlier in the thread. Source: http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/spo...rty-could-play-for-club-and-country-1-4632785

“It’s a friendly, not a full Test and I spoke to Mark Aston and asked him not to select them,” confirmed Harrison.

a friendly & not a test is hardly saying its a meaningless game and the knights are a joke team.....as for ireland not selecting its best players then thats there problem,they've only got maybe 5 games before the world cup..they need to be selecting there best squad minus the australian-irish.....and need to be forcing the likes of mcllorum into making a choice now instead of making the choice after being cut from the england sqaud...


that mr sunshine is being serious about international development and you should be aiming your whinges at mark ashton & the RLi.........not me

 

[Evil Homer]

Yet Halifax agreed to release a player for the Wales vs France match.

If Ireland were playing a genuine international side, then your complaints would be valid. As it is, I would probably take the same stance as Harrison and any other coaches. This isn't an international match, it is a fairly bizarre exhibition game and far less important than any sort of competitive fixture.

 

[roughyedspud]

well ireland should have played scotland then........again whinge at ireland,aston & the RLi...not me

 

[deluded pom?]

The RLIF need to step in if they are really interested in the lesser nations developing on the international stage. Or are the lower ranked teams just cannon fodder for England to develop?

It certainly looks that way especially with England selecting former Irish and Scottish internationals in their squads in recent years.

 

[WireMan]

Any news on the England Knights team.
Trying to guess the Ireland Team... here goes.

1. Ian Cross
2.Jamie O'Callaghan
3. James Mendeika
4 Elliott Cosgrove
5 Joe Taylor
6 Sean Casey
7 Liam Finn
8 Anthony Mullally
9 Pat Smith
10 Michael Haley
11 David Allen
12 Kurt Haggerty
13 Tyrone McCarthy
interchange
14 Aaron McCloskey (prop)
15 Wayne Kerr (prop)
16 Danny Bridge (2nd row)
17 John O'Donnell (centre)
reserves
18 Barcoe (forward)
19 Hughes (wing)

Looks good. It will be interesting to see how the Warrington boys go.

Also, its always good to laugh at the name Wayne Kerr.

You would thing the Irish team would be strong, given that everyone in the NW of England has some kind of link to them.

England Knights (from): J Broughton (Salford), C Clarkson (Leeds), P Clough (St Helens), M Cooper (Warrington), R Evans (Warrington), L Farrell (Wigan), D Ferguson (Huddersfield), M Flanagan (St Helens), L Gaskell (St Helens), Z Hardaker (Leeds), J Hodgson (Hull KR), B Jones-Bishop (Leeds), S Lunt (Leeds), J McGillvary (Huddersfield), S Ratchford (Warrington), C Riley (Warrington), M Smith (Salford), S Taylor (Hull KR), G Wheeler (St Helens).

really hope gaskell & lomax play 6 & 7......and i can see the knights winning by 60

Smith would be one of the halfs i'd imagine. Probably next to Lomax, as Gaskell can't get a game for saints at the mo.

Stick Ratch at the back, Hardaker and McGillvary in the centres with Broughton and Riley on the wings. Not a bad backline there.