and where's Bridge as well?

Bridge injured.

Bridge + Burrow have both withdrawn injured I believe.



7 Leeds players? Ridiculous. Regardless of the fact they won the GF, they were the 5th best team over the course of the season.

Should have a warm up game... ETS v Knights. I think the result may end up suprising quite a few people, and embarass the banana himself.

It's a glowing reflection on the sorry state of international rugby when so many players are pulling out of representing their country. I understand that clubs pay the bills for the players but clear out op can wait until after getting rep honours (if it's still thought to be an honour)



For what it's worth, I'd probably go with



Tomkins

Briscoe

Reed

Yeaman

Hall

Chase

Widdop

Graham

Roby

Peacock

Westwood

Ellis

Heighington



Sinfield

Carvell

Morley

Wilkin

Ben Jones Bishop? Sweet Jesus, surely Mac is pulling our todger with that one! Although I doubt he'd get the nod over Hall and Briscoe.



McLlorum? I'm not even going to bother with that inclusion because quite frankly, its bizarre!



Is Burrow injured? He has been sensational since Wembley and surely must be in the squad? He's the type of player who could score world class tries against the Kiwi's and Oz.



Leroy Cudjoe

! Seriously? Against the best two Nation's in the world?



Finally, and the inclusion which makes my pi55itch the most, Rangi Chase? Granted he's a sublime Rugby League player and deserved MOS. There's just one slight problem .......



Rangi - 'I didn't have to think too hard about it. I came over here knowing that I'll [inever get picked for New Zealand[/i. So that dream had gone



Steve Mac - 'Yeah no problem. You're in!'

From that squad this is the team that I think McNabanana will pick:



FB - Gareth Carvell

LW - Adrian Morley

LC - Ryan Bailey

RC - Kevin Sinfield

RW - Gareth Ellis

SO - Jamie Peacock (C)

SH - James Graham

P - Sam Tomkins

H - Kirk Yeaman

P - Ben Jones-Bishop

SR - Tom Briscoe

SR - James Roby

LF - Ryan Hall



Nobody can question McNabanana's decisions!!! Have you not seen his coaching pedigree?

As Side Burns but swap the wingers round. Keep Briscoe and Yeaman together on the left edge. Sinfield to be utilised as replacement hooker thanks to Banana's stupid selection process.

Haha, i think Carvell would be a good FB!



Here's the best thing i can find written about Steve MacNamara's coaching career so far;

"His coaching career while at Bradford contains several unwanted records, such as being the first Bradford coach in Super League to fail to guide his team to the end of season play-offs and being in charge for the worst losing streak the club has seen in 20 years."

He was then selected to be England RL head coach by the RFL.

HAHAHAHAHAHA mclorrum, bailey, abblett? was mcnamara on crack whilst choosing this team???

What I want to know is, who was McBanana's oppostion when the RFL were interviewing for the England job



Jedward

IgglePiggle

Susan Boyle

Steve Anderson (didn't reach the interview stage)

Dr Conrad Murray

"Pop-tastic" Pede Pinnington (knows just as much about RL as McBanana, if today is anything to go by)

Wayne Sleep

Dame Barbara Cartland

squad NEEDS bridge and atkins in it.

Might not have got to final but we topped the league, points for/against quite significantly!