Your England picks to play New Zealand in Denver

[meast]

Surprised at that, thought he'd go with Charnley, Makinson and Hall personally, but well done Jerry!

[TheDuke]

When’s the New Zealand squad announced 

[GeordieSaint]

1. Ratchford 2. McGilvary 3. Connor 4. Percival 5. Hall 6. Lomax 7. Widdop 8. Graham 9. Roby 10. Hill 11. Whitehead 12. S Burgess 13. O'Loughlin

14. Williams 15. T Burgess 16. Thompson 17. Bateman

Makinson and Taylor to miss out.

[roughyedspud]

10 hours ago, TheDuke said:

When’s the New Zealand squad announced 

After Sunday's nrl games have finished

[UTK]

Kiwis Side:  

[Dunbar]

Kiwi squad

Leeson Ah Mau, Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Herman Ese'ese, Raymond Faitala-Mariner, James Fisher-Harris, Slade Griffin, Peta Hiku, Jamayne Isaako, Jordan Kahu, Isaac Liu, Issac Luke, Te Maire Martin, Esan Marsters, Ken Maumalo, Kodi Nikorima, Joseph Tapine, Martin Taupau, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

[Man of Kent]

The Kiwi squad shows their strong depth these days but look a bit short of quality in the backs. 

More parity in the forwards but England probably better there too in terms of class if not size.

[roughyedspud]

Are you serious?

They've had to raid the Tongan & Samoan teams to fill their squad...

I won't be surprised if some of them pull out,I doubt they've even been asked,the kiwis are not shy in just naming players regardless...how the hell can they opt to switch when taumalolo & fifita have decided to stick??...

[Man of Kent]

1 hour ago, roughyedspud said:

Are you serious?

They've had to raid the Tongan & Samoan teams to fill their squad...

I won't be surprised if some of them pull out,I doubt they've even been asked,the kiwis are not shy in just naming players regardless...how the hell can they opt to switch when taumalolo & fifita have decided to stick??...

Disagree. Despite all the withdrawals, injuries and defections, the Kiwis can still put out a very decent 17.

[roughyedspud]

Obviously not.....

[Dunbar]

A potential 17 for the Kiwis

1.       Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

2.       Jamayne Isaako

3.       Esan Marsters

4.       Jordan Kahu

5.       Ken Maumalo

6.       Te Maire Martin

7.       Kodi Nikorima

8.       Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

9.       Issac Luke

10.   Martin Taupau

11.   Raymond Faitala-Mariner

12.   Leeson Ah Mau

13.   Joseph Tapine
 

14.   Nelson Asofa-Solomona

15.   Herman Ese'ese

16.   Isaac Liu

17.   Slade Griffin

 

That is a strong set of forwards and some strike power in the backs - Maumalo and Watene-Zelezniak in particular.

The weakest link looks like the half backs but one plays for the North Queensland Cowboys and the other the Brisbane Broncos so they are not poor players.

[ghost crayfish]

Peta Hiku has been one of the form centres of the competition. It's a shame we won't see his combination with Johnson and Harris (possibly themost dangerous right edge in the NRL), but he'll still be playing for sure. Isaako and Nikorima are both starting to hit their straps as well. It's a dangerous backline and a tough forward pack. England should win, but they'll have to play close to their best to do it.

[John Drake]

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