Carney the form 5/8 of the comp?
Preposterous..... he is the only 5/8 in the comp!
I think NSW could do a lot worse than a Carney/Gower combination. I expect Hornby or Anasta to get the nod though, but Hornby is playing half at club level and Anasta's proven to any doubters that his best position is lock forward. In fact, I'd pick him at 13, but I'm a qlder, so go right ahead and ignore me selectors! The other guys i'd give consideration to are Daniel Holdsworth and Matt Geyer. Holdsworth is deadset carrying the dogs at the moment. Ben Roberts hardly even gets the ball and I really don't know what Brent Sherwin has done to be still bumbling around in the reserves when Ben Roberts is doing little more than filling a spot on the team sheet.
Ja.Smith, Lockyer, Seymour are Qlders
Je.Smith, Marshall are Kiwis
Hilder, Abraham, Anasta, Finch are all being played out of their best position, which is not five-eighth.
Witt (suspect might be Qlder???) - going OK at the Warriors - good enough to hold out Hohaia and I suspect Ropati upon return.
Richie Williams - absolute rubbish, he won't score 4 tries in origin, and his kicking game is a joke. He has some hard truths to learn before he can call himself a first grade footballer let alone talk about rep footy.
Geyer - if melbourne win the premiership, it will be with geyer at 5/8, and he has played 5/8 for NSW before if my memory serves.
Carney - with a head like Gower inside, and Anasta locking the scrum, I'd have no problem throwing some youth in the mix, if he can maintain form over the next 4 rounds.
Holdsworth - see above, i'd be picking him.
Burns - another young talent, but behind Holdsworth and Carney in the pecking order for mine.
Wallace - next in the youth brigade after Burns.
when you consider that 6 of the 7 guys in contention are very young, i think NSW will be just about be forced to blood a guy this series.
as for halfback, it's Gower hands down for mine. Easily the best halfback in the comp outside Jonathan Thurston, and has been at that level consistently for some time.
