His Pick, My Pick

On Wednesday, Andy Robinson has picked his 30-man English squad to face the AllBlacks at Twickenham on 5th November, including seven uncapped players. We have:

Backs: I Balshaw (Gloucester), O Morgan (Gloucester), J Lewsey (Wasps), M Cueto (Sale Sharks), P Sackey (Wasps), B Cohen (Northampton), M Tait (Newcastle), A Allen (Gloucester), J Noon (Newcastle), T Flood (Newcastle), C Hodgson (Sale Sharks), A Goode (Leicester), P Richards (Gloucester), S Perry (Bristol).

Forwards: A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), P Freshwater (Perpignan), J White (Leicester), S Turner (Sale Sharks), G Chuter (Leicester), L Mears (Bath), B Kay (Leicester), D Grewcock (Bath), T Palmer (Wasps), C Jones (Sale Sharks), P Sanderson (Worcester), L Moody (Leicester), T Rees (Wasps), M Lund (Sale Sharks), M Corry (Leicester), J Forrester (Gloucester).

Seems like a good mix of youth and experience. Let's hope they can bring it on when the Kiwis take the field.

Today I was playing with the BBC's Squad Selector, a bit of fun which allows you to see who you would put out in the white jersey. So here's a screenshot of my pre-emptive selection, before Robbo gets his official one out next week:

Not sure if the shirts are in exactly the right place, so here it is as a list - I'd like to put it in the correct rugby team order, 15-9, then 1-8, but HTML isn't that clever ;-)

1. Sheridan
2. Mears
3. White
4. Kay
5. Grewcock
6. Moody
7. Lund
8. Corry (Capt)
9. Perry
10. Hodgson
11. Lewsey
12. Noon
13. Tait
14. Cueto
15. Balshaw

On the bench:

16. Chuter
17. Freshwater
18. Palmer
19. Sanderson
20. Richards
21. Goode
22. Sackey

I wonder if we will agree!