http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...to-start-on-wing/story-e6frexnr-1225788439709
HE STARTED the season in reserve grade, was overlooked for NSW Origin selection, has never played senior representative football and was called up for the Kangaroos' World Cup squad because of an injury to Israel Folau.
HE STARTED the season in reserve grade, was overlooked for NSW Origin selection, has never played senior representative football and was called up for the Kangaroos' World Cup squad because of an injury to Israel Folau.
Now Brett Morris is poised to make a stunning international debut - and he has declared he's prepared to play out of position to ensure it happens.
As the squad's only genuine specialist winger, the Dragons' flyer is understood to be the likely option to start for the Kangaroos against New Zealand in their opening Four Nations match at The Stoop in Twickenham on Saturday night.
After being overlooked for NSW Origin selection, Morris was so certain that he wasn't going to be chosen in the 24-man squad that he booked a holiday in Phuket with his girlfriend. Then he received the phone call from team manager Craig Young. "Now I'm right here in sunny London,'' Morris said with a grin.
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Did he ever consider himself to be in contention?
"Probably not,'' he said. "At the start of the year, I was out playing reserve grade. If you had told me that I would've even been on this tour I would've laughed at you and said, 'You're a goose'. There's some great players who have played rep footy, and I haven't played any. I thought, if I got picked I would be pretty lucky. In the end, I got in the squad because of injury.''
But where to play him?
The worst-kept secret of the tournament so far seems to be that Eels superstar Jarryd Hayne will start on one wing with the Storm's Billy Slater retained at fullback.
Coach Tim Sheens doesn't seem to have many options on the other wing. Morris's twin brother Josh or Penrith's Michael Jennings - but both are more comfortable at centre.
Should Sheens opt for Brett, he will then have an interesting quandary of which side of the field to play him and Hayne, who was NSW's best player during this year's State of Origin series on the left.
Meanwhile, Morris was cutting it up on the same stretch of turf for the Dragons as they claimed the minor premiership and he finished as the NRL's leading tryscorer.
Apart from one match this year, Morris played a handful of games on the right wing for the Dragons in 2006 outside of Mark Gasnier. But since then, he has been rooted to the left touchline.
"It doesn't really bother me,'' Morris said. "Obviously, I played left-side most of this year but I have played right in the past. You'd prefer the left side of the field, but I'm not going to say I'm not going to play right if he picks me. He hasn't indicated too much.
"He's been keeping it pretty right. We did some training the other day and I trained in both spots.''
