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Cleary, Yeo and Munster
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Cleary, Yeo and Munster
Who are the 3/5 world's best players in that team?
If Aus run out with Carrigan, Crichton and Murray in their starting forward pack against us they're in big trouble.
Carrigan has been absolutely phenomenal this year and has shown he is well and truly ready for rep footy.
Heavily debatable.
If they went with @Iamback's team it isn't a bad forward pack to be honest.
Pat Carrigan who was great in Origin, Tino who is a very good prop, Murray, Crichton and Yeo have all been very good this year also.
I'd agree that the bench is a bit weak though, I think I'd have put Matt Lodge in there, he definitely deserves it.
There’s 13 positions on the field. Being the best player in your position doesn’t mean you’re in the top 5 players in the world. That’s not even accounting for the fact that technically the best 5 players can all be in 1 position.Who is a better 6 than Munster?
7 then Cleary?
13 then Yeo? Murray possibly but he too is in the squad
Huge games in Grand Finals immediately before selection day never hurt.Martin very lucky to be in the squad.
There’s 13 positions on the field. Being the best player in your position doesn’t mean you’re in the top 5 players in the world. That’s not even accounting for the fact that technically the best 5 players can all be in 1 position.
Im not saying they’re bad but I’m sure you could ask every poster on this forum and get a different answer of who is the top 5 players.
No but they are key positions and when doing match ups and a comparison of the sides, For this argument NZ
Australia has the best 1, 6, 7 and 13. That is a very good base in big games
Agreed and in general the spine is what wins games, in general. Australia's pack is fine, fraction undersized but with the new rules that's a good thing anyway.
You know we have the vast majority of the premiership winning props for the last 5 years? Plus we have Tapine who's better than all of them as well.Carrigan is a beast, He got the QLD origin player of the year.
The issue is the spine, As good as Dylan Brown is in defence he can go missing in attack.
Brandon Smith can go MIA in attack and doesn't have a kicking game, Nor does Manu.
If Australia go in with great line speed and pressure Hughes what is plan B?
That is where Ben Hunt becomes a great selection over better hookers like Api, Throw in Latrell in the centres.
So the pack being weak can be overcome by playing up tempo and the elite spine
You know we have the vast majority of the premiership winning props for the last 5 years? Plus we have Tapine who's better than all of them as well.
Tapine is playing lock which makes him the best 13 at the tournament, not Yeo who's definitely NOT a top 5 player in the game. Cleary is, Munster maybe. That's debatable.
I’m not willing to die on this hill but I still don’t see Cleary as a top 5 player. The panthers outside backs and forwards dominate damn well near every game creating a platform any quality half would look like a star in.You know we have the vast majority of the premiership winning props for the last 5 years? Plus we have Tapine who's better than all of them as well.
Tapine is playing lock which makes him the best 13 at the tournament, not Yeo who's definitely NOT a top 5 player in the game. Cleary is, Munster maybe. That's debatable.
Haha Yeo is easily top 5 honeyYou know we have the vast majority of the premiership winning props for the last 5 years? Plus we have Tapine who's better than all of them as well.
Tapine is playing lock which makes him the best 13 at the tournament, not Yeo who's definitely NOT a top 5 player in the game. Cleary is, Munster maybe. That's debatable.