NRL - best side - no rep players

[Lambretta]

This is the unsung hero thread - the one where you can name 1-17 of your favourite players or who you rate the highest, but the exclusion is that you're not allowed to pick anyone who has played for Australia in a competative game ie a test (exclude schoolboy stuff), or New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland or England.

City / Country, Prime Ministers XIII and the world cups for minnows are allowed.

Will be interesting to see what people come up with.

 

[otori]

1. Campbell
2. Uate
3. Lawrence
4. Champion
5. Merritt
6. Soward
7. Walsh
8. Douglas
9. De gois
10. Grant
11. Gillett
12. Bolton
13. Hilder
14. McKendry
15. Kennedy
16. D. Taylor (has he played for QLD yet?)/ Matulino
17. Houston

It's really hard to pick a halfback that hasn't played rep. It's pretty much either Sandow, Mortimer, T. Smith, Walsh or Moloney.

 

[Smiley]

1. Josh Dugan
2. Nathan Merritt
3. Joel Reddy
4. Beau Champion
5. Akuila Uate
6. Preston Campbell
7. Jamie Soward
8. Luke Douglas
9. Nathan Friend
10. Aiden Tolman
11. Mark Minichiello
12. Ben Te'o
13. Chris Heighington

14. Matt Gillett
15. Michael Luck
16. Scott Bolton
17. Feleti Mateo

 

[Lambretta]

Here's my effort

1. Dugan
2. Gordon
3. Lawrence
4. Ayshford
5. Uate
6. Soward
7. Lui
8. Tolman
9. De Gois
10. Snowden
11. Gillett
12. T'eo
13. Heighington

14. Kennedy
15. Prior
16. Minichiello (M)
17. Matteo


Not perfect, but not a bad effort first up I reckon

 

[Mr Angry]

Snowden has played for NSW.

 

[otori]

Gordon and Snowden played for the blues already I thought.

 

[Mr Angry]

I am guessing K Gordon.

 

[Red&BlackBear]

What about Tongue? Surely he is the best and toughest player to not play Origin or Tests yet?

 

[no name]

I'm sure Raiders fans will slip plenty of tongue into this thread

 

[Inferno]

Did Lance Thompson ever play for the blues?

*edit, didn't realise you were talking about current players.

 

[Lambretta]

Gordon and Snowden played for the blues already I thought.

f**k knows.

I'm trying my hardest to forget the last 5 years



Alan Tongue can play on the wing then. He's a capable sort of chap.
Amazed he's not Captain of Australia to be honest.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Mitchell Aubusson is a requirement for this team.

 

[Lambretta]

Mitchell Aubusson is a requirement for this team.

I try and keep Roosters players away from rep duty as I dont like seeing them getting injured

 

[Allstar Knights]

1. Josh Dugan
2. Aku Uate
3. Jarrod Croker
4. Beau Champion
5. Kevin Gordon
6. Jamie Soward
7. James Maloney
8. Aidan Tolman
9. Isaac De Gois
10. Luke Douglas
11. Ben Te'o
12. Mitchell Aubusson
13. Chris Heighington

14. Lewis Brown
15. Mark Minichello
16. Tim Grant
17. Chris Houston

 

[skeepe]

1. Josh Dugan
2. Aku Uate
3. Jarrod Croker
4. Joel Thompson
5. Dan Vidot
6. John Sutton
7. Matt Orford
8. Dan Hunt
9. Aaron Payne
10. Keith Galloway
11. Cory Patterson
12. Mitchell Aubusson
13. Alan Tongue (c)

14. Anthony Watts
15. Luke Stuart
16. Shaun Fensom
17. Dane Tilse

 

[NAS]

1) Preston Campbell.
2) Nathan Merritt
3) Joel Reddy
4) Joel Thompson
5) Michael Robertson
6) James Maloney
7) Ben Hornby (never played origin at halfback so he counts)
8) Luke Stuart
9) Nathan Friend
10) Luke Douglas
11) Scott Bolton
12) Ben Lowe
13) Alan Tongue

14) Dane Tilse
15) Mark Minichiello
16) Isaac De Gois
17) Kieth Galloway.

I tried to avoid players that have played origin, or potential stars (Dugan etc).......

I'm a little upset I couldn't include Corey Parker in there (he's played origin I'm sure) and Jason Nightingale, who I think belong in any underrated side......

 

[Pete Cash]

You don't think Joel Thompson is a potential star ? I have a "feeling" he is going to have a big year (if the body holds up)

 

[Iafeta]

1. Campbell
2. Uate
3. Lawrence
4. Champion
5. Merritt
6. Soward
7. Walsh
8. Douglas
9. De gois
10. Grant
11. Gillett
12. Bolton
13. Hilder
14. McKendry
15. Kennedy
16. D. Taylor (has he played for QLD yet?)/ Matulino
17. Houston

It's really hard to pick a halfback that hasn't played rep. It's pretty much either Sandow, Mortimer, T. Smith, Walsh or Moloney.

Lawrence has played for the Kangaroos. Sam McKendry has played for New Zealand. Ben Matulino is a regular squad member for New Zealand and has a few test matches up also.

 

[RHCP]

1. Josh Dugan
2. Akuila Uate
3. Joel Thompson
4. Beau Champion
5. Kevin Gordon
6. Jamie Soward
7. Preston Campbell
8. Tim Grant
9. Nathan Friend
10. Luke Douglas
11. Cory Paterson
12. Mark Minichiello
13. Alan Tongue

14. Matt Hilder
15. Aiden Tolman
16. Feleti Mateo
17. Mitchell Aubusson

 

[steven_tiger]

If people are struggling for a 7, Timmy Moltzen would fit the bill perfectly.