Smith looks to go out on a high

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A year ago the 23-year-old centre lifted the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man of the match as the Rhinos gained a 24-16 win over St Helens to earn him a World Cup call-up for England, and a repeat effort could do the same for the forthcoming Gillette Four Nations series.

Smith was widely thought to be unavailable for the internationals as he prepares to switch codes with Wasps but he revealed he remains keen to play for England and his new club would not stand in his way. "I'm led to believe Lee is going to make himself available," said England coach Tony Smith.

"If he is contracted to rugby league to the end of November, which I believe he is, then he will be considered."

Smith paved the way for the recall of his namesake by ignoring Wigan centre Martin Gleeson when he made the latest additions to his train-on squad, a move he explained as a "changing of the guard".

Gleeson and Keith Senior have been the centre pairing for the national team for much of the last seven years, including the World Cup, and have won 69 international caps between them.

Ryan Atkins (Wakefield) and Michael Shenton (Castleford) were part of a youthful, new-look England team for the mid-season international against France but the former made himself unavailable in order to have wrist surgery.

With Hull centre Kirk Yeaman also sidelined through injury, Smith is short of options and Senior, who played well enough this year to earn a recall to the Super League Dream Team, dropped a hint on Tuesday that he might be prepared to come out of retirement.

However, Smith says he has no plans to recall Senior to his side, saying: "As far as I know, he's retired."