\u2018Torture\u2019: Scary reality England face as huge snub bites back<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI felt like Welsby and Lewis just sat back a fraction today, at least Brimson plays against these blokes every week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019ve got Williams creating those half chances, well AJ can turn half chances into points pretty quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWilliams needs some help, so Lewis needs to take the line on more or they need to potentially throw Brimson to six and get him running.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brimson could slot into the halves and replace Mikey Lewis, or wear the No.1 jersey after a lacklustre performance from Jack Welsby.<\/p>\n
The utility role is another option considering back-up hooker Jez Litten played 51 minutes, while starting rake Daryl Clark only managed 36 on the field.<\/p>\n
Read below for all the latest Ashes team news.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY 2ND NOVEMBER<\/p>\n
England vs Australia Kangaroos at Hill Dickinson Stadium, 1:30am AEDT<\/p>\n
First Test\u2019s England team: 1. Jack Welsby, 2. Dominic Young, 3. Herbie Farnworth, 4. Jake Wardle, 5. Tom Johnstone, 6. George Williams, 7. Mikey Lewis, 8. Ethan Havard, 9. Daryl Clark, 10. Matty Lees, 11. John Bateman, 12. Kai Pearce-Paul, 13. Morgan Knowles, 14. Jez Litten, 15. Alex Walmsley, 16. Owen Trout, 17. Mike McMeeken, 18. AJ Brimson<\/p>\n
Team Tips: Shaun Wane could swing the axe and draft NRL star AJ Brimson into his side. The English coach hasn\u2019t been forced into any changes due to injuries, but he could make changes in the hopes they get the hosts a much-needed spark. Brimson could slot into the halves, at fullback or on the pine.<\/p>\n
First Test\u2019s Kangaroos team: 1. Reece Walsh, 2. Mark Nawaqanitawase, 3. Kotoni Staggs, 4. Gehamat Shibasaki, 5. Josh Addo-Carr, 6. Cameron Munster, 7. Nathan Cleary, 8. Patrick Carrigan, 9. Harry Grant, 10. Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui, 11. Angus Crichton, 12. Hudson Young, 13. Isaah Yeo, 14. Tom Dearden, 15. Lindsay Collins, 16. Reuben Cotter, 17. Keaon Koloamatangi, 18. Bradman Best<\/p>\n
Team Tips: Kevin Walters will be forced into a single change after a head knock to Isaah Yeo. Lindsay Smith is reportedly leading the race to replace him in the forward pack, which would see Lindsay Collins start at prop and Pat Carrigan shift to the No.13 jersey, with Smith included on the pine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kangaroos skipper Isaah Yeo has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test after suffering a nasty head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[143926,144776,64,63,689,144781,651,4567,74065,9810,141428,141739,144774,763,122333,23622,5096,28081,82652,144775,5094,144760,4592,143516,28066,4451,144777,4434,32917,141429,144782,761,762,158,677,26598,22329,83950,144784,701,13391,130928,144783,144785,144778,85,18394,130245,11740,144780,776,141436,144779],"class_list":["post-242807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-ashes-news","tag-ashes-team","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australia-winrugby-league","tag-brisbane","tag-cameron-munster","tag-captaincy-role","tag-coach-kevin-walters","tag-daryl-clark","tag-english-league-legend","tag-ethan-havard","tag-fox-league","tag-george-williams","tag-grant","tag-head-knock","tag-herbie-farnworth","tag-hudson-young","tag-incredible-flying-try","tag-isaah-yeo","tag-jack-welsby","tag-jacob-preston","tag-jake-wardle","tag-john-bateman","tag-josh-addo-carr","tag-josh-hodgson","tag-lindsay-smith","tag-michael-ennis","tag-mikey-lewis","tag-nasty-head","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-pat-carrigan","tag-patrick-carrigan","tag-player-ratings","tag-pullman-sydney-airport","tag-queensland","tag-reece-walsh","tag-rugby-league-ashes-live","tag-selection-frame","tag-shake-up-looms","tag-skipper-blow","tag-sports","tag-talking-point","tag-team-hotel","tag-team-news","tag-tim-hunter","tag-tom-dearden","tag-tom-johnstone","tag-try-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}