[i Come on man give credit when its due, i suppose its all about opinions Gale ain't good enough in my opinion and Widdop's constantly slipping on his , you may slag off Mellor but name a English scrum half playing better at the minute. Their isn't one. And i ain't a Widnes fan..[/i

For me Brown is the best English half back in SL. The guy oozes class and the question should be who pairs him. He is a play maker who seems to be a second ahead of everyone. For me he needs a diminutive so next to him, Mellor has to be in with a shout. But I also Like Gale, who has an x factor about him. Widopp is done and has been sussed out. He shovels to much and offers nothing in attack. Flip side of all this is that Matty Smith looked really good against the kiwis. Mr Bennett, over to you

[iGood, fair post there Stan, you're quite right, who partners Brown. For me Mellor is the only half that won't wrangle Brown's game. Gale, Brough, Smith, all like to boss which would hinder Brown, I also agree Widdop's gone.[/i

Agreed, we have tried putting two leading half backs together and it failed. We need someone to compliment Brown. He is the man and am a bit dissappointed he's never been given a shot before. Always pick intelligent players who can pick a pass and knows a team's strength

He was given a shot before, when he was with us, our then coach, Nathan Brown said at the time that Brown and Robinson would be England's half back pairing- that didn't work out!

jon sharp signed them both and said brown and robbo would be englands half backs and he was right! albeit for one game



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This idea of a leading halfback in itself is a bit dated. Thurston and Cronk are both leading halfbacks, should Australia not pick Cronk because he can organise too? The best halfbacks are all leading halfbacks, that's why they lead.







Here was Australia's team from the 2015 Anzac Test:

Greg Inglis (Souths)

Josh Dugan (St George)

Will Chambers (Melbourne)

Michael Jennings (Roosters)

Alex Johnston (Souths)

Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)

Cooper Cronk (Melbourne)

Matt Scott (Cowboys)

Cameron Smith (Melbourne)

Aaron Woods (Wests)

Greg Bird (Titans)

Sam Thaiday (Broncos)

Corey Parker (Broncos)



The only real club combination here is Smith and Cronk together at Melbourne. You might argue Thaiday and Parker but Thaiday plays on the right edge and Parker plays in the middle, is that really a combination? Of course you're going to have more combinations if you look at NSW and QLD combinations, because they're the only two teams Australia players could possibly play for at that level.

Widdopp needs to improve drastically IMO. Yesterday he again showed the same issues as last year, creating zero over 80 minutes.



The best British halfback in the NRL this week was Josh Hodgson. Kicked one of the best 40/20s you'll see.

Josh Hodgson is one of the best hookers in the NRL now. Widdop got better a 2015 went on for the Dragons and I wouldn't write him off. Obviously I'd love to see Brown given a go but players like him and Brough are not going to be around at their high level for much longer. I'm not even sure if Brown can maintain this form to the 2017 RLWC. You can pick a squad of players to hopefully win this year's 4 Nations, but I thought England were all about longer term thinking....then along came Wayne Bennett. My head hurts.

maybe one step away

I'd say the opposite about Widdopp last year - started off well and tailed off badly in the big games at the end of the year.

The Brown/Mellor/Farrell combination just now was excellent!!!!