1. Dugan
2. Hayne
3. Jennings
4. Lawrence
5. Uate
6. Carney
7. Pearce / Maloney
8. Snowden
9. Ennis
10 Gallen
11 Watmough
12 G Stewart
13 Campese
14 Mannah
15 T Williams
16 Bird
17 Gidley
Logic - for years NSW have taken the field with one ball player and occasionally two. Whenever NSW has the ball QLD know where to group defenders because one pass and the catcher runs the ball. Every time they take the hit up and try a fast play the ball. That's been their only tactic for 6 years. Name the number of quality second rowers that NSW has put up against the Queensland defence and look what happened to the NSW attack.
We need something MORE to defeat Queensland. Screw matching them, let's f**king run rings round them. We need cool heads, great passing ability and fast feet. Queensland has always used this combination to defeat NSW and it's about time we woke up to the fact.
Thurston, Lockyer, Cronk etc can all run at the line, pass late and keep the ball moving to find fast runners in space. We find a runner and run at a defender. It's too f**king simple to win us games.
Firstly we needs Carney. He is fast on his feet, difficult to tackle and can make the spectacular look easy. We need speedy outside backs. Jennings, Uate, Hayne and Lawrence fit the bill. Carney is not an organiser, he needs to play alongside someone who does the percentage things well. Pearce is a dogged defender, but Maloney is a classier player. I'd be tempted to go with Carney and Maloney, but they've never played together before, so maybe Pearce is the best option.
But to beat Queensland we need more ball players. I'd actually play Campese in the lock forward position - playing the same role that Fittler played when Johns and Daley were in the halves. He is big and strong, can pass and gives us another kicking option. He also has a really good relationship with Dugan and that could be the key for NSW in the same way that Slater makes things happen for QLD off of Cronk and Smith.
The rest pretty much picks itself with Tony Williams getting a bench spot and Bird getting the nod over Lewis.... just.
