Brett Kenny and Peter Sterling being picked ahead of Steve Mortimer and Wally Lewis for the first Test v England. Was a shock but given the results.....
Frank Stanton wanted a decent combination at the scrumbase. With Ray Price at lock, Sterlo and Kenny were the obvious choice, given that such a combination had won 2 consecutive premierships. The big selection stuff up was making Brett Kenny play his rep career out in the centres to accommodate the much less telanted Wally Lewis!
Also anytime Daniel Wagon gets picked for Queensland.
Anytime he gets picked for PARRAMATTA!
Because:
1. It looked like payback for Pearce's non-selection.
2. It was Wally Lewis - the King, the greatest etc etc and he was denied the opportunity to tour one last time.
So bloody what? He wasn't fit!!!!
So what about Paul Harragon on the 1994 Tour. He was suspended late in the season and served out his time on tour. 4 games i think it was.
Chief was also selected to Captain Australia in the 1995 World cup game vs Sth Africa with a broken jaw...won 86-6. Chief played 1/2 a game . Payback for his loyalty in the ARL war
What an honour, captaoning australia vs sth africa
Wally would have been fine 2 weeks into the tour. It was a joke he wasnt selected.
2 entirely different things. Harrigan was one of about 6 props that toured - and his fitness was guaranteed after the suspension ended. Lewis was a 5/8, meaning that the other 5/8 had to carry double the workload while Wally became fit. And it is doubtful that Wally 'would have been fine' 2 weeks into the tour. He certainly would not have been match fit, something you need to be in a test on British soil.
To pick a bloke who has only played 15 minutes of the bench in 3 months of footy for a Test series would have been rediculous, and a massive affront to one Cliff Lyons, who not only deserved the honour, but played the house down in the tests.
As for Chief captaining Australia, what have you achieved in life that you can belittle that? Dickhead. :roll:
