tell you what the thing is about dave - he probably WOULD be a good origin player. but he's been in first grade for what ... one full season? and out of that he's been on the sideline for a good two months, plus he's not even the biggest guy on the field.
he might be a good origin player in the future, but cause the selectors chose to put him in now, all anyone will ever think is that he can't hold onto a ball and doesn't deserve to play rep footy.
when really, the good things he did were impressive. it's just that the bad things he did were f**king obvious and really really ill-timed, and because he's a pretty new first grade and rep player, he doesn't have the experience to forget about his mistakes and keep on playing with confidence.
I feel sorry for him.
the selectors would've been far better putting in someone this year who's been in first grade for longer and is a bit bigger to mark up against inglis, like brett morris or joel monaghan.