Chris Ashton has been chosen, along side Shontayne Hape!





Well Done Chris!

Hope his balls burn in hell!! Couldnt give a flyin jert

As long as he doesn't have to throw his body in the line of any forwards coming through and defend for his money then He'll do ok.

good luck to him

looks like hes starting to mature at last

i dont want him back here, but see no reason not to wish him the best.

couldnt care less....hope he has a stinker.



Hape????????? friggin joke

Well done to him for getting in the squad, whether he'll see as much ball out wide under the management of Johnson as he does at Northampton I doubt.



As for Hape, I'm a big believer in you have to be English to play for England.

Hape and Vainakolo for England rugger? Ha ha who next? Scott Naylor? Vagana?



Hope Ashton has a stinker, never forgive him for leaving.

yeah but you couldnt blame him. IF another company offered you 3 times as much to work for them you would go.



That being said i too hope he doesnt do very well

just come on to ask why he left in the first place, was money the only reason?



and do people think he would be an England RL international by now if he had stayed at wigan/RL in general?

Depends on whether his form was more akin to his first breakthrough season rather than his second.



I'm sure though with the lack of good English full backs he would be in the England set up in RL.

Its a different kettle of fish being offered 3 times as much from another firm than playing for your boyhood team and then shooting off.



Put it one way if I played for Wigan I wouldn't sign for another team unless Wigan didn't want me anymore, even if it did me out of pocket.



Or if I had won the CC, WCC, GF, Lance Todd, Harry Sunderland, Clive Churchill, MoS and Golden Boot I might think about going to the NRL.





I don't blame Farrell for going but it grates me that Ashton could be our fullback with his defence tightened up and he could be England/GB fullback also he shot off at the first opportunity, Eastmond is next then Wheeler/Owen/Shenton you watch.





P.s. really hope Ashton has a stinker now!

This year's six nations is going to be the poorest yet. International rugby union is slowly catching up with the club game in terms of negativity and lack of game speed.

No doubt Ashton will shine though as for Hape...