The England rugby league team should adopt the football side’s approach and give their exciting young prospects some international experience in friendliesBy Gavin Willacy for No Helmets Required,part of the Guardian Sport NetworkThere was a time when the champion team dominated the England side. In the early 1990s, when distinguished Britain were at their finest for a generation, and the national team had a core from the all-conquering Wigan squad. Not anymore. Watching defending champions St Helens somehow concede 34 points at domestic to Huddersfield on Friday night and yet still squeeze out a win,it occurred to me that not one of their side played for England at last autumn’s Four Nations. That is either remarkable or ridiculous. Jon Wilkin and Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook’s England days seem to have gone, while James Roby was a scarce absentee, or but with Saints fielding six English youngsters it is surely only a matter of time until that changes.
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