Teams for saturday night

[JessEel]

Brent Webb
Shontayne Hape
Iosia Soliola
Steve Matai
Manu Vatuvei
Nigel Vagana
Stacey Jones
Ruben Wiki ©
Dene Halatau
Roy Asotasi
David Kidwell
Tony Puletua
Simon Mannering
Jerome Ropati
Nathan Cayless
Adam Blair
David Fa’alogo

 

[JessEel]

Fullback Karmichael Hunt Brisbane Broncos
Wing Matt King Melbourne Storm
Centre Mark Gasnier St George Illawarra Dragons
Centre Justin Hodges Brisbane Broncos
Wing Greg Inglis Melbourne Storm
Five Eighth Darren Lockyer (c) Brisbane Broncos
Half Back Johnathan Thurston Nth QLD Cowboys
Prop Forward Willie Mason Bulldogs
Hooker Cameron Smith Melbourne Storm
Prop Forward Petero Civoniceva Brisbane Broncos
Second Row Andrew Ryan Bulldogs
Second Row Nathan Hindmarsh Parramatta Eels
Lock Forward Luke O’Donnell Nth QLD Cowboys
Interchange Mark O’Meley Bulldogs
Interchange Shaun Berrigan Brisbane Broncos
Interchange Anthony Tupou Sydney Roosters
Interchange Brent Kite Manly Sea Eagles

 

[Belly in Brisvegas]

Have they named the Aussie invitational side Jess?

 

[JessEel]

not that i know of yet, but they've named NZ A

Krisnan Inu
Cooper Vuna
Sam Perrett
Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Tame Tupou
Ben Roberts
Lance Hohaia (Vice Captain)
Evarn Tuimavave
Rangi Chase
Sam Rapira
Epalahame Lauaki
Frank Pritchard
Awen Guttenbeil (Captain)
Karl McNicol
Bronson Harrison
Greg Eastwood
Sonny Fai
Terence Seu Seu

 

[eloquentEEL]

INU playing fullback for NZ 'A' again.

 

[Stagger eel]

well done Krisnan!!!!!

it would make perfect sense to have Perret play fullback and Kris in the centres as they both play there at club level...but hey!! I guess Kiwi's are grooming as a future test fullback even though his best position is centre.

 

[Join The Bandwagon]

has aus invitational been named?

 

[Parra Guru]

Interchange Anthony Tupou Sydney Roosters
Interchange Brent Kite Manly Sea Eagles

FFS

 

[strider]

INU!!!!!



yay

 

[dazeely]

Tame Tupou was sh*t and deserved to be dropped. Pritchard would feel a little pissed though.

Will be interesting to see how Inu goes at fullback

 

[Hellsy]

No Jarryd again....... is he still hurt? or overlooked?

 

[Parra Guru]

I think it's risky dropping Pritchard too. On his day is one of the most damaging ball runners around.

To be fair, Tupou is relatively inexperienced and had some fair opposition. I agree that he deserved to be dropped though.

 

[Parra Glory]

Why wasnt Utai selected for NZ. Surely his better than Shontayne Hape. Leslie Vainikolo is another winger that comes to mind as well

 

[KiWi_BoI_15]

i think they should kept tupou i know hes a bit sus with the ball but we need a winger some one big and strong like himto cart that ball up strong to some of those big aussie backs. i think mannering could of been dropped and hape come into the lock forward position a big strong and good defensive player. utai was injured for this series.

give tame another go bluey!

 

[Parra Playa]

Why wasnt Utai selected for NZ. Surely his better than Shontayne Hape. Leslie Vainikolo is another winger that comes to mind as well

two of them are out injured

 

[Utey]

Go Kris, give em hell.

 

[Kornstar]

Why wasnt Utai selected for NZ. Surely his better than Shontayne Hape. Leslie Vainikolo is another winger that comes to mind as well

His club made him get surgery again, they don't want him playing tests......which i think is absolute crap!! Bradford or whoever he plays for are a joke, 2 years in a row they have deprived the international game of a good player!!!

 

[Hellsy]

So do we know about Jarryd?

 

[Stagger eel]

So do we know about Jarryd?

I think he wasn't chosen because of form, despite his hamstring problem that he picked up at the PM game he was still cleared to take his place on the tour and was probably considered in doubt going into last weekends game. therefore injury shouldn't of been problem.

 

[Gronk]

Any news on the Aussie A (Invitational) side ?