{"id":429814,"date":"2025-09-16T22:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/429814\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:17:15","slug":"shaun-wane-drops-clear-hint-on-aj-brimsons-england-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/429814\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun Wane drops clear hint on AJ Brimson&#8217;s England hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>England head coach Shaun Wane has dropped the clearest hint yet that he may include Gold Coast Titans star AJ Brimson in his Ashes squad this autumn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brimson is one of several Australian-born players who have put their hands up to play for the national side this autumn \u2013 with the utility eligible to represent England through his mother\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n<p>He would be a contender to challenge Jack Welsby at fullback but the 27-year-old can also play half-back and centre.<\/p>\n<p>And for the first time, the England coach has admitted he would be open to bringing Brimson into his squad for the three-Test series against the Kangaroos which starts next month in London: insisting he rates Brimson \u2018very highly\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">\u201cI was very pleased when AJ said he wanted to play for England and we are continuing to consider him,\u201d Wane said. \u201cHe\u2019s a very versatile player, which is perfect for a three-Test series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">\u201cHe is a player I rate very highly and a good athlete. In a team that was struggling this year, he has always stood out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Brimson would join players including Victor Radley who have opted to represent their family\u2019s heritage instead of pursuing a Test call-up with Australia.<\/p>\n<p>And Brimson admitted he would relish the chance to pull on an England shirt for the first time if given the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cFingers crossed, if I get the chance it is going to be an amazing opportunity to represent England on my mum\u2019s side. I\u2019ve got a lot of family over there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe season is over but I will keep training hard and hope for that call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wane will name his squad next month when the Super League season concludes, with a string of players from the NRL set to be included such as Herbie Farnworth and Kai Pearce-Paul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England head coach Shaun Wane has dropped the clearest hint yet that he may include Gold Coast Titans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-429814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115216295259335470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}