OFFICIAL NSW side

[RABK]

Brett Stewart
Jarryd Hayne
Michael Jennings
Josh Morris
Akuila Uate
Todd Carney
Mitchell Pearce
Paul Gallen
Robbie Farah
James Tamou
Luke Lewis
Greg Bird
Glenn Stewart

Jamie Buhrer
Ben Creagh
Tony Williams
Trent Merrin


17 man team named sorry.

http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=22695

 

[HowHigh]

Pretty much how I picked it besides Creagh & Buhrer

 

[Hutty1986]

Very, very strong side with a terrific backline

 

[Ladmate]

Creagh instead of Watmough....only real complaint I have. Buhrer is a weird selection but NSW love their utilities so not shocked.

 

[Panther_Daz]

Watmough extremely unlucky.

 

[lockyno1]

No Sims...as a QLD...I say THANK YOU!

 

[Y2Eel]

Trent Merrin/ Ben Creagh We lose again

 

[Raider_69]

Not a fan of the team at all tbh
but hey, go blues, hope they stick it too them

 

[Sea Eagle Scuba]

What a horrific team. Creagh over Watmough? Trent Merrin over Tariq Sims?

Then you add Hayne, Jennings and T-Rex all of out form.

QLD 3-0. Gonna be a long series

 

[El Diablo]

good team imo

 

[Marshall_magic]

How the f**k does Creagh get picked over Watmough, Sims and T-Rex (you know, players who actually intimidate defenders). Jennings shouldn't have been picked either, he was dropped from the Panthers for a reason. Otherwise it's a strong team.

 

[Y2Eel]

Trent Merrin/ Ben Creagh We lose again

 

[Hutty1986]

Trent Merrin/ Ben Creagh We lose again

Creagh hasn't done enough to be there but Merrin has been one of the best props in the game this season. What a brainless throw-away line

 

[Hutty1986]

What a horrific team. Creagh over Watmough? Trent Merrin over Tariq Sims?

Then you add Hayne, Jennings and T-Rex all of out form.

QLD 3-0. Gonna be a long series

Um, hayne has been one of NSW's best for several years now and jennings was great last year. How can T-Rex be óut of form' when he hasn't played in 7 weeks? You obviously mean match-fit, but they've obviously kept an eye on Williams and he would have been keeping fit.

 

[proto]

I don't really get the impact of Buhrer on the bench
Hooker?

Watmough?

 

[gronkathon]

Merrin really deserves selection.

Sticky has said Watmong not in the team because he couldnt train.

Have seen snippets of the Wolves v Vulcans game and Jennings was not near good enough for State Cup the majority of the game.

Creagh is laughable but I assume he got picked for the Watmong sitaution.

Sticky also suggested Ennis would have been his choice if fully fit

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Ben Creagh :lol: Atleast Soward isn't there.

 

[ozbash]

Qld by 30

 

[VictorTheViking]

No problem with any selection except Creagh over Watmough, not a huge fan of that....

Buhrer or Sims was a tight one, I can see the benefit of having Buhrer but Sims toughness coming off the bench would've been a good benefit too.

 

[Danish]

Just a horrendous bench.

Only way NSW is going to have a chance of ever winning an origin series is if Bob Fulton drops dead sometime before origin 2.

Buhrer.... f**king ridiculous