...against the Aussies, surely ? He's the Melbourne regular there: a good enough endorsement for most I would suggest.

Sinfield is a great club captain and deserves the accolades at SL level....but he aint an international class stand off, not when talking about the truly international world class teams in any serious competition (Aus and NZ)..

His kicking aint even exceptional these days

So if Sinfeild goes, who takes the kicking duties? He may not be the best kicker in the world in open play, but he's the best we have.

Hasn't sinfield been playing scrum half and Chase playing stand off?

Either way...Widdop SO and Chase SH.

...and doesn't Chase kick for Cas ? Westwood too has been a recent place kicker (not the best admittedly)

Don't know why you are picking on Sinfield who was IMO England's 2nd best player yesterday. He had a hand in several tries including the vital last passes for 3 of them and was a creative link throughout.

The disappointment was Chase who had a poor game or did you miss that as well?

With his proven top level kicking ability for you to suggest he is now not a good enough kicker after missing a couple shows very poor judgement.

Can't we call up Hardaker to play at SO for this one?

Aston Wilson and Ryan Hall in the centres.

Nah...we've got to give the Aussies a sporting chance

....still think Sinfield aint good enough against the Aussies. Chase has that potential unpredictable brilliance factor. You can't really say that about Sinfield.

Nah again...neither of them has enough antipodean blood running through their veins commensurate to what we appear to need to represent England these days.

That maybe but he is the best we have available for now. Sinfield has that proven (not potential) reliable allround creative ability together with solid cool awareness. You can't say that about Chase! He was one of our best pklayers yesterday. You can't say that about Chase!

I think if either half gets dropped then it should be Chase based on the performances so far. He seems to be running round like a headless chicken with no idea what he wants to do when he gets it.