Jamie Peacock
Danny Maguire
Rob Burrow
Adrian Morley
James Graham
Sam Burgess
Sean O'laughlan
Ryan Atkins
Tom Briscoe
Michael Shenton
Joe Westerman
Maurie F'asavalu
Louis McCarthy Scarsbrook
Richard Myler
James Roby
Ben Westwood
Jon Wilkin


Interesting - no Pryce!!!

Ben Westwood

Tom Briscoe but no Shaun?

What is the point of the elite squad?

I fin it very surprising that the "elite squad" only has 17 players. Surely a squad is a group of players that trhe England coach will work with from which a final team is selected not the actual number of players in the final team!

I don't really understand what this squad is for, and why its only half announced.

www.englandrl.co.uk/article.php?id=14051

www.englandrl.co.uk/article.php?id=14051

Not really when you consider:

[iNational Registered Testing Pool of players which the RFL has had to nominate under new World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules.

In addition to all players in engage Super League and The Co-operative Championships continuing to face both blood and urine drug tests in and out of competition, this group of 17 players from 18 May must give their whereabouts for one hour each day when they are available for out of competition testing.[/i

Not worth the risk?

I'm surprised a certain ginger haired player has made the cut then.

Wow...................... what an elite squad that is.

My god the Auzzies and Kiwis really must envy our pool of talent..

We will win the 4N.

yes yes we will

The three quarter line up again is the achilles heel.

Out of five shirts to fill only 3 seem to hit the mark (Atkins, Briscoe, Shenton). There solid choices, but are they good enough? They are very slight, not a great deal of experience and aren't going to trouble the kiwis and ozzies greatly. And if those 3 are the elite? Oh dear. I feel this part of the team has the least quality and we will be exposed down the flanks again.