Official NSW side

[adamkungl]

So it's squarely Hayne's fault that Parramatta get smashed 11 on 11. Sound logic here.

lol @ injury plagued, that's fair defense for his horrible showing in 2 of his recent 3 games and puts him in good stead in 10 days time huh? And yeah, Dugan did so well covering Farah and Lui recently and Hayne so poorly covering JT that it makes complete sense to want Dugan there for those JT and Lockyer kicks.

Dugan has Hayne's strengths covered? Dugan can draw two defenders and put the ball on the chest of his outside man like Hayne does consistently? Dugan can slot himself into the backline, hold the ball out in front and cause defenses to collapse? Dugan can put a line runner outside their man with a pass? Dugan can bomb teams into submission from 30 and 40 out? Dugan has anything resembling Hayne's long kicking game? The only thing Dugan can almost match Hayne in is ball running and chips/grubbers, even then he's no Hayne.

Dugan and Hayne should both be in the side ffs

 

[kia ora storm]

Did Beau Ryan get in ??...

 

[jbl31649]

The only two from Manly that should've been considered are Choc and G.Stewart (and brother when fully fit).

 

[Dazzat]

So let's look long term ... by selecting this team, are the selectors indicating they will never choose Jarryd Hayne unless Dugan is injured?

If so ... completely crazy!!!!!

 

[Hench]

Ha ha laughing so hard from north of the border! You guys never laurn

I hope we don't bloody pick Lillyman like it was reported in the Courier Mail.

 

[adamkungl]

So let's look long term ... by selecting this team, are the selectors indicating they will never choose Jarryd Hayne unless Dugan is injured?

If so ... completely crazy!!!!!

Ricky Stuart is full of shit. Nothing has changed. There is no looking to the future. Or loyalty. Or anything. It's just a mess of nonsense selections.

 

[madunit]

I find it amazing how full circle this interstate comp has become.

the only way to help NSW out is to remove the origin concept and adopt the old format, of playing for the state you currently play in.

 

[Cliffhanger]

Hayne has been the most threatening NSW player in the last few years, not picking him is plain stupid, how does Pearce retain his position based on the fact he is the incumbant and Hayne not.

Pearce couldn't even break the Sharks defense today. How do you think he will fair against Queensland's.

Where the f**k is Lewis. Ennis and Young WTF?

NSW selectors need to get their heads out of their arse, if what you're doing isn't working there's your first great big f**king clue to go a different route.

 

[Notaleaver]

Josh Dugan - yeh i guess, deserves his spot over hayne because he isnt a 5/8 in disguise
Brett Morris - the worlds most obvious selection. predicting another quiet game
Mark Gasnier - Mr Incredible does deserve his spot, happy with this.
Michael Jennings - meh, he'll go alright if he can get some space, and thats a big IF
Aquila uate - Good choice
Jamie Soward - Now i hate this little merkin like the next man (still havent forgotten THAT game aggainst the dogs in 2009) BUT he is the right choice, his forms been good and he has an excellent kicking game
Mitchel Pearce - yeah...no
Jason King - He must be the worlds most loveable marshmellow because i can't see any other reason this lard lad keeps getting picked
Michael Ennis - As a bulldogs fan i am NOT happy with this. Ennis has done nothing for us other thaa help us beat the eels with his trademark grubbiness. Don't think will bait and QLDers this year and thus will be useless
Kade Snowden - yes. happy with this choice
Beau Scott - whatever
Greg Bird - havent seen much titans stuff this year but can't think of a better alternative
Paul Gallen - Paul gallen can fend defenders off with his eyebrows and score a 10 point try. What will this superhuman machine manufacture for us? hopefully its another huge effort to compensate for our forwards packs incompetence.
Ben Creagh - lol
Trent Merrin - Really??? i mean kings crap but at least people were expecting it. But Merrin? Really???
Tim Mannah - the sole eels selection and rightly so. Will go good
Dean Young - Ok im starting to think Ricky must be Bennet in disguise.

In conclusion. A decentish side, coulda been alot worse but i believe the side could have used more Tolman

 

[Canard]

I don't get why the ARL requires a team needs to be named a week and a half out from the game?

A 20 man squad should be named tonight with the fringe players fighting for spots in the team at training.

Soccer doesnt need a team named this early. Basically shows the opposition - 'here's our gameplan - beat it'.

You would want to be pretty certain of your 17 with a week or so to go surely? It would be laughable to have no idea of the final 17 at this stage.

Soccer doesnt?? In what context??

 

[Spanner in the works]

You would want to be pretty certain of your 17 with a week or so to go surely? It would be laughable to have no idea of the final 17 at this stage.

Soccer doesnt?? In what context??

I would've picked it three weeks out if I could.

 

[Tweed Titan]

Josh Dugan - The Dugan won't let anyone down. But Hayne should be fullback. The fact that Hayne isn't even in the team is completely and absolutely diabolically ridiculous.

Brett Morris - Was always going to be picked, unfortunately. Can the man with the invisible legs fool the touch judges again?

Mark Gasnier - The best option that NSW had. Fire up bitch!

Michael Jennings - The guy can play. He also can get injured. Anyone seen unbreakable? - Mr Glass.

Akuila Uate - Will he follow in the footsteps of McDougall or McManus? Let's hope its MacDougall.

Jamie Soward - The prancing Pygmy gets a jersey. He'll have more eyes on him than Scarlett Johanson at a nudist beach.

Mitchell Pearce - The bad news is that Ricky Stuart has a history of destroying halfback's careers. The worse news is that Pearce is pretty rooted to begin with.

Jason King - WTF? Jason King. Jason F**KING King? Are you JoKING?

Michael Ennis - Oh, now I know why they've selected King. It gives Forehead someone to hide behind. Why they selected this ponce still eludes me.

Kade Snowden - Kade, what a pretty name. The kid's got some GO in him (possibly why Newcastle signed him).

Beau Scott - Lucky, lucky, lucky lucky man. Back in my day men were called Rex or Horace or Iron Balls - Kade and now Beau? Girls.

Greg Bird - Watch out Kade and Beau, Greg has a reputation with the ladies - I'd suggest you ask Ricky not to have him for a room mate.

Paul Gallen - Phil Rothfield's love child, part time surgeon, race relations expert and NSW captain. With the Dugan and Gal the God in the team how can we lose?

Bench:

Ben Creagh - Concave chest will be battling it out with Micheal Ennis for a spot behind WTF King when the going get's tough.

Trent Merrin - :lol::lol:

Tim Mannah - Will put in. Can't wait for the 7 milliion stories about he and his brother.

Dean Young - Someone has been reading the St Merge V Qld thread.

I'll support the blues as usual but if we get away with anything other than a 96 - 0 spanking in game 1 than it will be a bone fide miracle.

Must say I agree.

 

[Notaleaver]

Sandow is a Qlder.

and he plays for souffs. we dont want the little grub

 

[jbl31649]

You would want to be pretty certain of your 17 with a week or so to go surely? It would be laughable to have no idea of the final 17 at this stage.

Soccer doesnt?? In what context??

I agree with picking 25 and testing combos for this week, the make the offical team next weekend.

 

[dangerousdave]

The Jennings Selection is mind boggling.

King??? WTF???

Peirce even worse than the above 2

Merrin has been the dragons best prop this year and deserves his bench spot.

Not sure about Dean Young, not that hes not good enough for origin but given our options at the moment I would have had Farrah starting and Ennis in the 17.

Morris hasn't had the best year to be honost. Maybe Hayne should have been given that wing spot

 

[RufusRex]

Fantastic team .. just needed Sticky to convince Hornby and Cooper to play - that way they could actually use Creagh and Morris properly.

 

[Hench]

Fantastic team .. just needed Sticky to convince Hornby and Cooper to play - that way they could actually use Creagh and Morris properly.

And ask QLD to loan Boyd out.

 

[Dazraider]

not a bad side and jennings should go well with better players around him especially in the halves.
Scott to me shouldnt of been picked as he has been there before and done nothing just like Creagh.
they should of went with Weyman instead for another Dragon
Dugan has proved he plays well in the big matches so he deserves his spot.
Wish Cooper wanted to play again as he would be awesome in the back with Gasnier on the other side and Jennings on the wing with Uate would be my prefered wing/cemtre pairing
Hayne should of got a bench spot though as well
Bird needs to prove his worth tommorow night to prove he is up to the standards and no forcing the pass when its not on as he has a bad habit of that
I think we can win with this side but ennis needs to play a thousand times better though to be origin standard

 

[aussies1st]

King is the biggest wtf, Tolman should have been a certainty. Hayne in over Morris and I could accept the rest of the side although Lewis for Young would be better.

 

[abpanther]

So much negativity in here, c'mon guys, it's a pretty decent side.

Regarding Dugan, I felt at the start of this year that he should be the fullback and Hayne could slot onto the wing. My concern with Dugan is the lack of football this year and whether he is 100$ fit, but I have no questions regarding his ability, if fit I think he will fire. For those questioning his defense, I wonder whether he is not quite fit, because when fit his defense is one of his strengths, I mean just check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwbn_K-tSJQ

I think leaving Hayne out is a big mistake though, regardless of his form this season he is one of the few proven performers on this stage and I think he deserves to be on the wing ahead of Morris, who has shown very little at this level. I can understand Stuart's reasoning in wanting to pick specialists and players in their current positions, however I think Hayne has proven he can play on the wing and should've been there.

The obvious other WTF is King, not much to say about that.

The rest of the team is pretty good, plenty of Dragons players and fair enough, Pearce hasn't shown much this season but defensively he is very good, I think Sowards kicking game will be a huge bonus and his ability to get early ball to our backs will be crucial. I think our backline has plenty of ability to score points.

I do think Lewis should've been there somewhere