Should Ben Cohen be selected for England ever again?

Question

If it was my wife, she'd be telling me to go and represent my country in their hour of need and not sit there holding my hand when I'm giving birth screaming - pathetic!!!

The only reason wingers score so many tries is because they are up against other wingers...

Answer 1

Well he is a professional so will be entitled to paternity leaveso he should play again. If it was me I would want to be at home with a new baby for they are only young once.

Answer 2

he didn't just pull out of the summer tours , he pulled out for the rest of the year including the world cup. now i have no problem with someone says they wont go on a tour because of his wife is due but lets face it, she will have given birth by the world cup, it will last less than a month and its only across the water in france now im not saying for him to never be picked again but i think something should be done, players just cant dictate when they play and when they dont without  good reason (lets face it he probably wouldnt be picked anyway not with strettle, robinson, lewsey and voyce among others)

Answer 3

Yeah, If he's good enough, then why not.

He pulled out of a tour that none of them should be going on.

Summer tours in the same year as a world cup are totally pointless.

It's a professional game - It's his job.

At this stage in his career he needs to pick his games.

Would you go on a work pi$$ up while your wife was in labour? probably not.

Answer 4

I am not going to judge the relative merits behind his decision not to play in the tour but I would hope that he never plays for England again. He was superb in 2002, ok in the 03 world cup and mediocre at test level ever since. He doesnt back himself on the outside anymore, doesnt display much aggression with ball in hand and is clearly content with his WC winners medal as the highpoint of his career (Fair play but there are alot of hungrier, better youngsters ready to start-Strettle for example)