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Cordner & Graham should start, but they won't. Cordner, Jackson and Frizzel will probably start.
Graham on the bench, along with 1 or 2 other back rowers. It would not amaze me if Merrin starts and Frizzel and Graham are on the bench.
Cartwright would probably be ahead of Yeo, but on form, shouldn't be.
If the team was picked on form, and it never is, Yeo would be in the conversation. And should be considered over Merrin, Cartwright, and Jackson. Finucane and De Belin should also be considered on form, and looking to the future, but also won't be.
If purely form was the guide, Lewis would never have been out of any rep sides, and Gallen would get back into the NSW squad.
But we know politics, favouring incumbents, and "potential"/"being built for Origin" (read: media hype) count as much or more than form or ability. So Yeo should be considered, but won't at all be.
Edit: left out Trbojevic. Having now made the Aussie side I dare say he would make NSW, but Holmes did too, and probably won't play for Queensland. Anyway, Trbojevic should be starting lock with Graham and Cordner, or Frizzel and Cordner, with Frizzel/Graham on the bench, then 1 or 2 other back rowers, or possibly Trbojevic on the bench and other three start. I doubt it will happen though.
There is so much dribble in that post I don't event know where to start other than I fundamentally disagree that Yeo should be picked on form or ability.
Yeo made his first linebreak of the season and now he's one of the form backrowers in the comp. Give me a break, because he's certainly not there as a yardage man, he's there to run lines for his halves.