Five added to Roo squad

[JJ]

RLW asked Bob McCarthy and he said the likes of Grothe/Prince/Hodgson etc. would not be considered for whatever reason. He's also said reputation counts more than form when selecting the squad. That's how hacks like Luke Lewis get in I suppose.

Lewis has a reputation??? I'm still trying to work out what people see in that guy... the number of tackles he falls off is astonishing.. the footage of Sattler's tackle keeps getting shown, we should all take note of who Byrne brushed off...

 

[JJ]

no...no i wouldnt.
I would have 2 Broncos in the team and thats Lockyer and Petero
I would have Grothe on one wing and Tahu on the other
King and Gas as the centres

Happy???

I'm not!!!

King should play wing if he's in the team... Cooper or Tahu the other centre... but aside from that I'm ok with it

 

[HevyDevy]

RLW asked Bob McCarthy and he said the likes of Grothe/Prince/Hodgson etc. would not be considered for whatever reason. He's also said reputation counts more than form when selecting the squad. That's how hacks like Luke Lewis get in I suppose.

Actually it was Big League.

Anyway, Hodges deserves his spot. Injury made him a passenger yesterday but they had to risk him - he's been crucial to Brisbane this season. Ranks second for average metres gained and Brisbane like to play through their centres. That's one reason they've struggled recently - Berrigan has been woeful.

 

[JoeysWheelchair05]

I think those are good choices and show there is some integrity in the selection process for Australia. Civ and Lockyer were certainties because they have been two of our best this season, along with Webcke and surprisingly Hodges.


Hodges would've seriously pushed for a centre spot with Gasnier if he wasnt injured. Yesterday he wasn't that great but he was injured, and playing on the wing. He has played his best in the centres this year. Next year Berrigan will be moved from the centres for sure.

 

[ParraDude_Jay]

no...no i wouldnt.
I would have 2 Broncos in the team and thats Lockyer and Petero
I would have Grothe on one wing and Tahu on the other
King and Gas as the centres

Happy???

Maybe you should be a selector then.

But Tate should NOT be there, he's had an oustanding last 4 or so games, but for the rest of the year he was doing nothing. Hodges has been injured but before that was playing well, so it's hard to fault his selection.

 

[Mr Saab]

I'm not!!!

King should play wing if he's in the team... Cooper or Tahu the other centre... but aside from that I'm ok with it

King, Grothe, Tahu should be in the team....positions is up for debate

 

[ParraDude_Jay]

Actually it was Big League.

Sorry about that, was too mad at the article to realise which magazine I was reading :lol:.

 

[JJ]

I'm really looking forward to the possibility of seeing Johns and Lockyer play half and 5/8 - I think they'll compliment each other pretty well

 

[Mr Saab]

Maybe you should be a selector then.

But Tate should NOT be there,he's had an oustanding last 4 or so games but for the rest of the year he was doing nothing. Hodges has been injured but before that was playing well, so it's hard to fault his selection.

We dont know if Tate will be there...remember this is a train on squad only. There are already 21 players in it with still 4 teams alive in the semis.

And to All those people that said Bennett has too much power...well do you think he does now? No Berrigan, No Carroll. They are his "boys" afterall so many of you say and they are not even being considered for selection.

 

[skeepe]

Carroll has torn his hamstring. It's debatable whether he would have been selected or not if he was fit. I hate to say it, but Carroll has been in good form lately and wouldn't have looked out of place in the train-on squad.

 

[jimmy_pop]

Matt King is the only one who deserves to be there of that lot. Maybe Hodges aswell.

Tate has a couple of good games at the end of the year and makes the squad, yet Grothe has been outstanding all year but will miss it (and they have said he will not be considered because he hasn't played Origin). Civoniceva hasn't done anything, and Lockyer has been very ordinary lately, teams have figured him out and he's out of five-eighth tricks.

shut up parrapoof. hodges sh*ts all over grothe. the only parra player that should be in the squad is nidmarsh

 

[Pigskin]

Carroll has torn his hamstring. It's debatable whether he would have been selected or not if he was fit. I hate to say it, but Carroll has been in good form lately and wouldn't have looked out of place in the train-on squad.

Carroll and Shaun Berrigan were in competition for the worst fadeout of the entire squad ... he has been worse than ordinary ... and the worst part is, we signed him for 3 years mid-season :?

Oink !

 

[skeepe]

Hmm. In the first half yesterday Carroll was very dangerous. I must admit I haven't watched Broncos games closely the last few weeks and assumed his form was at more or less the same level the whole time.

 

[jimmy_pop]

1. mini
2.tate
3.hodges
4.berrigan
5.king
6.locky
7.prince

would be the best backline

 

[jimmy_pop]

No, Berrigan is just ordinary and the selectors recognised this (finally).

berrigan chops up any parra twig centre (which is all of them) and you know it!

 

[HevyDevy]

Sorry about that, was too mad at the article to realise which magazine I was reading :lol:.

haha, I'm surprised they won't even consider Prince

 

[ozboy]

I felt sorry for Justin Hodges yesterday.

The poor fella had to play outside Shaun Berrigan, and did not once recieve a pass from one of the worst centres in the NRL.

 

[Humphrey]

Hodges was a passenger yesterday. Glad he played.

Hodges had a shocker as did Tate overall. Disappointing inclusions but you guys have a hack coach who picks old style squads - just look at the Broncs this year and pray to the league-gods that the actual team reflects the modern style of play with youth and flair, But I dont see it if bennett picks it - those guys will be in it for sure or he wouldnt have picked them

 

[kickback]

Buderus, Craig Gower, Luke Lewis, Craig Wing all should not be there> they have all been in the worst form of the careers>> they could not even make the 8!!! Buderus has got to be the most over rated player to ever play the game!

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

I think Hodges should make the squad. I am a big fan. I realise Cooper is a certainty but I'm not such a big fan of him, I think Hodges has more to offer ball in hand....

Also on Berrigan, it seems everyone is bagging him. I'd just like to point out that he still amazes me (and did yesterday) with his strength. Perhaps he did a lot of other things wrong but you have to be impressed with how hard he is to tackle.