England v New Zealand ** news & injury thread **

[CC_Roosters]

Tonga have pretty much named anyone with a Tongan sounding name....:sarcasm:

Yeah and tyson frizell included in that. International selection is more of a joke than ever.

 

[hutch]

Wod make sense they'd have a Tongan sounding name considering there Tongan right? Cook Islands to name a 30 man training squad also. No details on when it will be announced.

Not when some of the players named are committed to other countries!

 

[roughyedspud]

They are all guilty of the same offence hutch

 

[roughyedspud]

I reckon benji has gone till next season...his knee just went at a ungodly angle..

 

[lafai]

I guess Lolohea comes in

 

[roughyedspud]

The tongan?

 

[roughyedspud]

Belting game that dogs v dragons...kinda glad widdop is out,neefs to sort his leg out,he doesn't need a op just 2-3 weeks rest which he now has

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Maybe Nikorima comes in.

 

[roughyedspud]

wow really?

 

[roughyedspud]

Reading benji is going to be left out anyway whether hes injured or not..

 

[roughyedspud]

George burgess is out apparently..

We can cope with that,alex walmsley was knocking on the door anyway

 

[JasonE]

Spud, I think Alex Walmsley is also a doubt for the series.
I think with the World Cup 2 years away that England should use this series to blood a heap of new faces like Liam Watts, Andre Savelio and Stevie Ward.

 

[roughyedspud]

I wouldn't blood too many..we need to win the series to put a marker down..

Id go with

1. Zac hardacre/sam tomkins
2. Tom briscoe/josh charnley/ j-mac
3. Kallum watkins
4. Jack reed
5. Ryan hall
6. Gareth widdop
7. Matty smith/luke gale
8. James graham
9. James roby/josh hodgeson/daz clark
10. Chris hill
11. Liam farrell
12. John bateman
13. Sean o'loughlin

14. Roby/hodgson/clark
15. Tom burgess
16. Alex walmsley if fit
17. Stevie ward/ ben currie/elliot whitehead

Something like that??

And id ask jamie peacock to go round for 3 more games too

 

[JasonE]

You can wipe off Stevie Ward, serious knee injury.

 

[roughyedspud]

Take it he did it in last nights game?? Been flying for 11-12 hours so missed it....should be home for the 2nd half of the storm v cowboys though..

 

[Burns]

Kieran Foran is out for 'surgery'. Seems kinda dubious, England specials for clean sweep now.

Parramatta-bound Kieran Foran is the latest superstar to withdraw from New Zealand's upcoming tour of England. "He has a ligament in an elbow that has been giving him trouble since the start of the year," Foran's agent, Paul Sutton, told Set of Six. "He went to Parramatta for a look at it and they thought it was best that it was seen to." An official announcement is anticipated this week. The withdrawal of Foran surely means St George Illawarra's Beni Marshall will get a call-up but the fact Foran has been struggling with it for the whole season - and played on - raises serious questions about the primacy of international football. Other star withdrawals inclide Manu Vatuvei, Shaun Johnson, Jared Warea-Hargreaves and Thomas Leulua

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/brisbane-broncos/nrl-grand-final-2015-why-brisbane-broncos-skipper-justin-hodges-cant-be-treated-differently-at-judiciary-20150927-gjvwli.html

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Call it off.

 

[Burns]

Personal hype and diminished now. The prospect of having 3 ENG v NZ games in a month that could be even half as good as the "WC13 Semi/4 Nations 2014 match" was so so exciting. Sigh.

 

[Last Week]

Kieran Foran is out for 'surgery'. Seems kinda dubious, England specials for clean sweep now.



http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/brisbane-broncos/nrl-grand-final-2015-why-brisbane-broncos-skipper-justin-hodges-cant-be-treated-differently-at-judiciary-20150927-gjvwli.html

Some on here will no doubt blame Australia some how.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Well it was supposed to be an Ashes series so...