Australian-born Tony Smith will coach England at the World Cup and will name his 24-man squad on Tuesday, 7 October

One man in the frame is Mark Calderwood. The winger was wanted by Scotland but now has a chance of being in an England shirt

But Sean O'Loughlin, Sam Burgess, Jon Clarke and Gareth Raynor will have to watch the World Cup from afar after being ruled out by injury

Warrrington centre Martin Gleeson scored a hat-trick on his last outing for England and was always going to be in Smith's thinking

Centre Ryan Atkins scored five tries in seven games at the start of the season and helped Wakefield reach the Challenge Cup semi-finals

Hull KR's Shaun Briscoe is likely to act as cover for Paul Wellens of St Helens at full-back after another solid season

London-born centre Tony Clubb is one of three Harlequins players in the England train-on squad and is very much a surprise inclusion

So is Giants prop Darrell Griffin, seen here scoring against Saints

As for Castleford loose forward Joe Westerman, he was tipped to make a big impression at the start of 2008 and hasn't disappointed