Kangaroos squad

[mozza91]

Merrin and Morgan have been atrocious this season they shouldn't be near the side.

 

[Captain Apollo]

No I wouldn't say so. Mal has stuck with those that did the job before.

Ferguson and Cordner made these sides last year despite being in a shit team.

Cordner was playing well last year once he came back from his pectoral injury mid-season. Been going gangbusters ever since. Ferguson was poor for much of last season, but was player of the tour for Australia in the Four Nations. His form this year has been good one minute, bad the next.

I wasn't saying "Merrin didn't deserve to be there". I have not seen enough of Penrith's games this year to say whether Merrin has been playing well in a beaten side or not, which is what I was getting at, but obviously not saying very clearly. Hope that clears it up for you.

 

[Billythekid]

It's not an awful team but it's not a great one either. I could see them winning the one off test simply because NZ always struggle. If the team looks anything like that come World Cup time I think Australia will struggle. If only England could field a decent side there might have been a chance for a final not involving Australia.

Edit: there are a few surprises there. If NZ can actually field a full strength side for once they really should be Australia comfortably IMO.

 

[SBD82]

Very f**king clever of Mal.

Knows that Australia will probably be good enough to do the job anyway, so he selects woods, Merrin, Dugan and ferguson to force laurie's hand and give the maroons a(n unnecessary) leg up.

 

[JJ]

Chambers and Dugan the kangaroo centres

Yeah, pretty f**king funny - until the NZ centres are announced, which will be hilarious

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Yeah, pretty f**king funny - until the NZ centres are announced, which will be hilarious

Unfortunately this is true. f**k knows why we can't produce centres anymore.

 

[lockyno1]

Yeah, pretty f**king funny - until the NZ centres are announced, which will be hilarious

You know you want SKD in there lol

 

[JJ]

You know you want SKD in there lol

Fair chance it'll be him and Hiku

 

[lockyno1]

Fair chance it'll be him and Hiku

Comedy Central lol

Which one is planning to catch the ball first!

Give Kahu a chance to go for the trifecta lol

 

[skeepe]

Meninga said Chambers was selected because he's the form centre in the competition.

The mind boggles.

 

[lockyno1]

Meninga said Chambers was selected because he's the form centre in the competition.

The mind boggles.

Hes not playing badly, and he has been there before.

 

[IntRLEnthusiast]

Picking players on Loyalty... Has worked for Queensland because they have had some of the greatest players of all time. Now those players are getting to the end of their career, this approach could backfire on Australia if NZ picks a bunch of in form players!

 

[Coastbloke]

Mals dropped Papalli..

 

[King hit]

Shannon Boyd takes Papalli's spot

 

[Captain Apollo]

Papalii's out of the Test team. Following is from the NRL's website -

Papalii withdrawn from Kangaroos team
Fri 28 Apr, 2017, 3:50pm
Media Release, NRL

The NRL said today that Canberra Raiders forward Josh Papalii has been withdrawn from the Kangaroos team for the 2017 ANZAC Test next Friday.

CEO Todd Greenberg said he had been advised by the Raiders that Papalii will face a disciplinary hearing before the club's Board early next week.

"Given that Josh pleaded guilty to drink driving we believe it is inappropriate for him to join the Kangaroos camp," Mr Greenberg said.

"We would expect that the decision to stand him down from the Test will be taken into consideration when the Raiders Board considers the matter next week."

Kangaroos Coach Mal Meninga said he supported the decision by the NRL to stand down Papalii from the ANZAC Test match, against New Zealand on Friday, May 5.

"I have spoken to Josh and, while it is disappointing for him to miss a Test, he understands the decision was made in the best interests of the team," Meninga said.

"The game has made a really strong stance against this behaviour and I'm a very strong believer that this stance is the right course of action.

"This doesn't prevent Josh from making himself available for the World Cup at the end of the year and I reiterated that to Josh today."

 

[Pommy]

If Papalii decided to play for Samoa or the Cook Islands next week would that impact his Origin chances?

 

[Force]

If Papalii decided to play for Samoa or the Cook Islands next week would that impact his Origin chances?

No.. You can play for one of the island teams and Origin.

 

[roughyedspud]

If Papalii decided to play for Samoa or the Cook Islands next week would that impact his Origin chances?

as the guy above said..won't affect his chances at all...the new RLIF laws effectively killed the australia eligibility law from origin

 

[flamin]

You would have to think Aaron Woods is out after leaving the field last night with a hamstring injury.

 

[roughyedspud]

Give Ryan James a chance