RLWC17 squads

[adamkungl]

Wayne's lost the plot.
Heighington
Tom Burgess
Brown
Ratchford
Awful selections. And you know he'll pick them to start too.

 

[roughyedspud]

Looks like a strong squad for mine, best 17 imo would be

1 Ratchford
2 Hall
3 Percival
4 Watkins
5 McGilvary
6 Widdop
7 Gale
8 Burgess
9 Hodgson
10 Graham
11 McMeeken
12 Whitehead
13 O’Loughlin
14 Williams
15 Bateman
16 Taylor
17 Walmsley

Put Ben currie in at center instead of Percival...and that's the strongest side we could field imo

 

[morningstar]

Only 2 wingers?

 

[roughyedspud]

Yep...come in agent Bennett the ARLC would like a damage report!

 

[Rory]

Yep...come in agent Bennett the ARLC would like a damage report!

so your saying we will lose to the kiwis?

 

[Irish-bulldog]

I remember all the poms blowing up mid year also about Wayne , trust in Wayne he knows his shit.

 

[morningstar]

What a bizarrely balanced squad. Only 6 full time outside backs. Will be in a world of hurt if Hall or Jermaine get injured.

Full Backs
Stefan Ratchford
Johnny Lomax

Wingers
Ryan Hall
Jermaine McGilvray

Centres
Kallum Watkins
Mark Percival

Halves
Gareth Widdop
Luke Gale
George Williams
Kevin Brown

Hookers
Josh Hodgson
James Roby

Props
Sam Burgess
James Graham
Tom Burgess
Scott Taylor
Chris Hill
Alex Walmsley

Back Row
Elliott Whitehead
Mike McMeeken
Sean O'Loughlin
Ben Currie
John Bateman
Chris Heighington

 

[roughyedspud]

so your saying we will lose to the kiwis?

Yes! We will go out in the semi finals,

"last week" I saved your prediction last week...say this

 

[roughyedspud]

What a bizarrely balanced squad. Only 6 full time outside backs. Will be in a world of hurt if Hall or Jermaine get injured.

Full Backs
Stefan Ratchford
Johnny Lomax

Wingers
Ryan Hall
Jermaine McGilvray

Centres
Kallum Watkins
Mark Percival

Halves
Gareth Widdop
Luke Gale
George Williams
Kevin Brown

Hookers
Josh Hodgson
James Roby

Props
Sam Burgess
James Graham
Tom Burgess
Scott Taylor
Chris Hill
Alex Walmsley

Back Row
Elliott Whitehead
Mike McMeeken
Sean O'Loughlin
Ben Currie
John Bateman
Chris Heighington

Bateman & Currie can cover the centers at a push,ratchford can cover 1,centers & 6 if needed

 

[Last Week]

Yes! We will go out in the semi finals,

"last week" I saved your prediction last week...say this

I didn't say you wouldn't make the final.. Still can I think. You just need to turn up and play intelligent football. Wayne is probably the best at that sort of thing.

 

[roughyedspud]

Intelligent football???? We failed to make touch 3 times last time Bennett faced Australia!

 

[English Rose]

We never pick the best squad available to us.

I mean realistically out of that England squad which player would have a chance of making the Australia team if available? You would probably say Sam Burgess and that's about it.

Chris Heighington wouldn't even make Australias 3rd choice side.

 

[Billythekid]

It's a decent side but I can't help but think that Australia looks a lot stronger. I won't say England can't win but I don't have a lot of confidence. Hopefully this is the year!

 

[Evil Homer]

Heighington, really? Hopefully this bloke retires soon so we don't have to see him constantly picked ahead of much better players. Thankfully there's no way he should even be close to getting a run but it's just a waste of a squad place.

No Shenton or Tomkins is crazy, I would've even picked Shaul ahead of Ratchford. Poor squad.

 

[kiwileaguefan]

Out in the semis mark my words

No no no we are going out at the semis so we can get a new coach!!!

 

[Rory]

Yes! We will go out in the semi finals,

"last week" I saved your prediction last week...say this

Well lets compare there best 17

1 Tuivasa-sheck
2 Watene-zelezniak
3 Hiku
4 Whare
5 Rapana
6 Martin
7 Johnson
8 Packer
9 Levi
10 Blair
11 Mannering
12 K.Bromwich
13 Taupau

14 K.Nikorima
15 Taylor
16 Fonua-blake
17 Asofa-solomona
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1. Stefan Ratchford
2. Ryan Hall
3. Kallum Watkins
4. Mark Percival
5. Jermaine McGilvray
6. Gareth Widdop
7. George Williams
8. Scott Taylor
9. Josh Hodgson
10. James Graham
11. Elliott Whitehead
12. Mike McMeeken
13. Sam Burgess

14. James Roby
15. Sean O'Loughlin
16. Alex Walmsley
17. Ben Currie

Tuivasa-sheck and whare are out of form, rapana is overrated, Te marie martin literally does f**k all but may pull a try out of his arse, wont set any up though. Johnson should continue to disappoint, really decision maker. Forward pack should be pretty fired up, but i dont know how bromwich will go without his wrestling buddies. Solid bench.

Don't lose hope, we've got a stronger and more smarter unit.

 

[Pommy]

Wayne's lost the plot.
Heighington
Tom Burgess
Brown
Ratchford
Awful selections. And you know he'll pick them to start too.

Heighington shouldn’t have been picked, too old and not English.

Tom I honestly feel gets a bad rap due to having an identical twin who is utterly useless. His form improved during the season and I feel he is worthy of a place. I’m just glad George didn’t make the team.

Brown and Ratchford I can only assume got in to try and give continuity. I seem to remember everyone complaining Ratchford made the side against Samoa and on the night he played well. The side can’t be picked purely on form there has to be some continuity and loyalty.

In Wayne we trust.

 

[English Rose]

Heighington shouldn’t have been picked, too old and not English.

Tom I honestly feel gets a bad rap due to having an identical twin who is utterly useless. His form improved during the season and I feel he is worthy of a place. I’m just glad George didn’t make the team.

Brown and Ratchford I can only assume got in to try and give continuity. I seem to remember everyone complaining Ratchford made the side against Samoa and on the night he played well. The side can’t be picked purely on form there has to be some continuity and loyalty.

In Wayne we trust.

Totally agree regarding Tom Burgess. It was George who was bad this year and he rightly hasn't been selected.

 

[typicalfan]

RTS is not out of form. Rapana overrated lol.

 

[WireMan]

Not sure I would pick brown, but behind a good pack he is a capable back up.
Ratch is very good at fullback.
Currie if fit is one if the best second row in the world so no complaints.
Hill is Hill. Not his best year but has been let down by players around him.

My only concern is if percival is big enough at centre. I would have put Shenton their instead.

Other than that, bring it on!