lol I'll let him off because I rate him

They just know how to build up a player then when he picks Australia, they will dump him on a heap.

I think it would almost send the wrong message to the squad if Reed is selected ahead of someone like Yeaman who has proved his worth in Super League over a period of time. I'm sure nobody would argue that the NRL isn't the stronger competition but selecting players purely because they are doing a decent job in the NRL would suggest to the squad that all of their opposites are better players as they play in a stronger league. This is far from the truth I'd suggest all of the England team would be at the very least solid and in most case good NRL players, if Reed is being selected because his form is better than his SL counterparts then fair enough but I'm not sure thats the case.

the reason he's got his chance is exactly because the aussies are struggling in that position too!

If he's good enough, that's the only criterior. If you're not sure how a NRL rookie would stack up against and experienced SL centre like Yeaman, get them both on the squad and see how they look on the training paddock.

At last, some sense. And then, even if you're still 50/50 over whether he's good enough, stick him on against Wales so at least he's ours and the Aussies can't have him.



I've seen him quite a few time this year and really rate him. One thing people havn't said is how dangerous he is inside the opponents 10m. An area where England normally struggle, he scores tries using his strength from close-range regularly.

He is playing for Brisbane Broncos, not QLD or Australia.

Why shouldn't he? he is from one of the Bronco's feeder Clubs and has been in Australia for 21 of his 23 years.

Its not as if the Bronco's went and looked for an Englishman because there were no Aussies around.

He is a decent player but I doubt he will ever make the Qld squad let alone the Oz Test team so if he wants to play for England so be it.

I also agree it sends out the wrong message to the players in England when a virtual Aussie with 20 first grade games to his name at 23 years of age is regarded better than his SL equivalent.



Same as Widdop last year (with about 4 first grade games under his belt) what does it say about the perception of the difference in standard of each competition from the English selectors.

Yep, we were wrong to make sure Widdop was English. I mean, his forms been awful this year.



Are you mad?

So if he does turn out to pick england, we have

Widdop, Ellis, Burgess, Burgess, Reed & Flanaghan playing regular NRL

Next year we also will have Graham there with Flanaghan returning.

We also have had the lad from Widnes playing in the Broncos reserves and, i guess we should mention, Michael Worrincy.

A lot of people say "the more English Players in the NRL, the better for England's international chances." How many more do we want over there, half a dozen, 20? Or will we then start to worry about our player drain?

I think with the amount of money in the NRL we're going to see more rather than less going over there. I suppose this exposes our best players to a higher level of competition, and if we do get a superstar i'd rather them go to Australia than Union.

At the same time, it reduces the quality of SL

Really - so the likes of Chris Lawrence, Matt Cooper, Michael Jennings, Sean Kenny Dowell etc are all ordinary!!

I did not mention his form this year, I said last year after a couple of games he was picked much to the annoyance of many on this Forum at the time, funny how opinions change when he does turns out ok.

Was he ever going to be something other than English?