SL before him wouldn't touch Cipps or Wade with barge poll and B Ashton wasn't much better
He did actually pick Wade in 2013 (I think) but he was injured & someone else took his place.
I still maintain Wade's big mistake was answering Gats's call and jumping on a plane to Aus for a midweek Lions match. Sure he can call himself a Lions tourist, but after that 1 England cap in Argentina, where he played well, he maybe should have cemented his place. Never played for England again.