Hela Wigmen Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Seeing as it’s the day England have chosen their twenty six man squad for the football European Championships this summer (four right backs - yeah, mad), this and comments made to Gareth Widdop and Jackson Hastings post-Warrington beating Salford has got me thinking about who’ll play against England at the end of this month for the Combined Nations. Given questions were asked to Widdop and Hastings about whether they’ll play, I assume non-selected English players are available too. Whose getting selected, do we think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris22 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 England (assuming Super League players only), my team on form would be: 1. Tomkins 2. Makinson 3. Hardaker 4. King 5. Davies 6. Lomax 7. Widdop 8. Walmsley 9. Clark 10. Watts 11. Bateman 12. McMeeken 13. Knowles 14. McShane 15. Oleszki 16. Cooper 17. Farrell And for the combined nations, a bit more a struggle and I've probably missed out some obvious candidates: 1. Coote 2. Grace 3. Linnett 4. Mata'utai 5. Mamo 6. Reynolds 7. Sezer 8. Fifita 9. Parcell 10. Satae 11. Martin 12. Mau 13. Tetevano 14. Paasi 15. Fages 16. Tanginoa 17. Garcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Green Flag to sponsor them: https://www.rugby-league.com/article/58184/green-flag-assistance-for-rugby-leagues-combined-nations-all-stars-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Don’t really care who plays as long as they have a realistic chance of playing in the World Cup. So, for example, you’d want Micky McIlorum playing over, say, Matt Parcell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdesert Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Chris22 said: England (assuming Super League players only), my team on form would be: 1. Tomkins 2. Makinson 3. Hardaker 4. King 5. Davies 6. Lomax 7. Widdop 8. Walmsley 9. Clark 11. Bateman 12. McMeeken 13. Knowles 14. McShane 15. Watts 16. Cooper 17. Farrell And for the combined nations, a bit more a struggle and I've probably missed out some obvious candidates: 1. Coote 2. Grace 3. Linnett 4. Mata'utai 5. Mamo 6. Reynolds 7. Sezer 8. Fifita 9. Parcell 10. Satae 11. Martin 12. Mau 13. Tetevano 14. Paasi 15. Fifita 16. Tanginoa 17. Garcia Id put Watts into the number 10 position you’ve got vacant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 The halves for the CNXIII side is probably the most interesting aspect of the selection. Both Hastings and Widdop haven’t been picked for England and Sky alluded to them being available for the CN and with Reynolds, Maloney, Sezer, Lolohea and Lino about too, it’s an interesting headache for Sheens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris22 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Lowdesert said: If it Watts into the number 10 osition you’ve got vacant. Thought I'd give them a chance, go with one man less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, Man of Kent said: Don’t really care who plays as long as they have a realistic chance of playing in the World Cup. So, for example, you’d want Micky McIlorum playing over, say, Matt Parcell. And Roby in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manfred Mann Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 COMBINED NATIONS (No British players). Lachlan Coote Kevin Naiqama, Dean Whare, Ricky Leutele, Bevan French, James Maloney, Aiden Sezer, Ben Garcia, Rhyse Martin, Manu Ma’u, Julien Bousquet, Matt Parcell, Agnatius Paasi Interchange: Sam Kasiano, James Gavet, Kenny Edwards, Arthur Mourgue Reserves: Greg Inglis, Jake Mamo, Ken Sio, Samisoni Langi, Kane Linnett, Sean Kenny-Dowell, Sosaia Feki, Blake Austin, Jackson Hastings, David Fifita, Jesse Sene-Lefao, Zane Tetevano, Peter Mata’utai, Alrix da Costa. This team will defeat England. The backline is unstoppable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Manfred Mann said: COMBINED NATIONS (No British players). Lachlan Coote Kevin Naiqama, Dean Whare, Ricky Leutele, Bevan French, James Maloney, Aiden Sezer, Ben Garcia, Rhyse Martin, Manu Ma’u, Julien Bousquet, Matt Parcell, Agnatius Paasi Interchange: Sam Kasiano, James Gavet, Kenny Edwards, Arthur Mourgue Reserves: Jake Mamo, Ken Sio, Samisoni Langi, Kane Linnett, Sean Kenny-Dowell, Blake Austin, Jackson Hastings, David Fifita, Jesse Sene-Lefao, Alrix da Costa. This team will defeat England. The backline is unstoppable. There’s more French in that matchday 17 than the Catalan dragons matchday 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 I hope as many English players are picked as possible for the CN team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 54 minutes ago, Manfred Mann said: COMBINED NATIONS (No British players). Lachlan Coote Kevin Naiqama, Dean Whare, Ricky Leutele, Bevan French, James Maloney, Aiden Sezer, Ben Garcia, Rhyse Martin, Manu Ma’u, Julien Bousquet, Matt Parcell, Agnatius Paasi Interchange: Sam Kasiano, James Gavet, Kenny Edwards, Arthur Mourgue Reserves: Greg Inglis, Jake Mamo, Ken Sio, Samisoni Langi, Kane Linnett, Sean Kenny-Dowell, Sosaia Feki, Blake Austin, Jackson Hastings, David Fifita, Jesse Sene-Lefao, Zane Tetevano, Peter Mata’utai, Alrix da Costa. This team will defeat England. The backline is unstoppable. Coote is british.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manfred Mann Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 2 hours ago, yipyee said: Coote is british.. I think that you made a small but significant typo. Coote is brutish, not british. Lachlan Coote, like the Jew hating drunk and Hollywood actor Melvin Gibson, has some remote Scottish heritage. But he is now a citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia — the country in which he was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Manfred Mann said: I think that you made a small but significant typo. Coote is brutish, not british. Lachlan Coote, like the Jew hating drunk and Hollywood actor Melvin Gibson, has some remote Scottish heritage. But he is now a citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia — the country in which he was born. He plays for Scotland though and made himself available for GB... I took your post to mean no players from the home nations who would qualify for GB, which by the way is a little odd when compared to the babas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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