What do you think of Big League's Origin NRL teams?

[Azkatro]

Obviously it's a purely hypothetical exercise, but a good one nonetheless. Big League this week has named starting 13's for every club based on where players in the competition played junior footy. They are as follows:

BRONCOS: K Hunt, J Webster, S Berrigan, B Tate, D Boyd; B Marshall, J Thurston; P Civoniceva, C Smith, S Price; M Crocker, A Harrison, T Carroll.

BULLDOGS: T Cutler, M Utai, C Phelps, A Emelio, T Winitana; C Hughes, B Sherwin; G Hall, M Riddell, C Farah; B Morrin, T Thurling, C Payne.

RAIDERS: M Robertson, N Smith, J Monaghan, J Croker, M Lett; M Monaghan, T Carney; T Thompson, L Priddis, M Weyman; B Kite, B White, L Withers.

SHARKS: D Simmons, L MacDougall, C Best, N Youngquest, B Howland; A Dykes, R Aitken; L Stuart, M Hilder, K Galloway; C Ciraldo, R Williams, S Isemonger.

SEA EAGLES: A MacDougall, S Meaney, S Harris, S Menzies, M Creary; B Kearney, M Orford; M O'Meley, V Mauro, J King; C Heighington, A Watmough, G Morrison.

STORM: R Wesser, S Minto, W Tonga, S Bell, T Martin; D Lockyer, C McGuire; S Webcke, PJ Marsh, B Ross; K Kahler, M Scott, C Flannery.

KNIGHTS: T Polglase, A Quinn, M Gidley, T Tahu, L Burt; K Gidley, A Johns; J Perry, M Ennis, A Tupou; S Simpson, W Mason, C Newton.

COWBOYS: B Slater, T Williams, J Hodges, P Bowman, M Sing; M Bowen, S Prince; N Myles, A Payne, C Webb; D Stagg, D Johnson, T Norton.

EELS: K Inu, J Hayne, B Delaney, F Mateo, J Williams; B Green, M Keating; J Tsoulos, H L'Estrange, N Cayless; P Gallen, C Robinson, L Fulton.

PANTHERS: W McKinnon, S Elford, L Lewis, D Galea, L Rooney; M Geyer, C Gower; J Clinton, B Galea, T Puletua; S Rodney, L Swain, T Waterhouse.

DRAGONS: B Stewart, D Howell, M Gasnier, M Cooper, W Naiqama; B Hornby, M Head; J Ryles, D Young, L Bailey; L O'Donnell, C Fitzgibbon, S Timmins.

RABBITOHS: N Merritt, P Mellor, L Hookey, Y Gordon, T Byrne; B Anasta, B Champion; J Falemaka, C Wing, M Manuokafoa; R Maitua, S McPherson, J Sutton.

ROOSTERS: G Inglis, A Roberts, B Smith, M King, R Cross; P Campbell, T Barrett; M Sargent, D Buderus, T Payten; N Hindmarsh, A Ryan, B Kennedy.

WARRIORS: J Ropati, T Tupou, C Toopi, I Soliola, M Vatuvei; N Vagana, L Hohaia; R Wiki, D Faiumu, R Asotasi; D Kidwell, SB Williams, L Anderson.

WESTS TIGERS: A Minichiello, E Grothe, D Halatau, D Collis, H El Masri; B Hodgson, S Dunley; B Gibbs, R Farah, J Skandalis; M Minichiello, F Pritchard, R Hoffman.

 

[innsaneink]

Lockyers a melbourne junior?

Roosters, - Kennedy Campbell Inglis buderus etc etc? :lol:

 

[Mr Saab]

I didnt know there was a Roma in melbourne.

 

[Danish]

Where did they get these junior teams from??

As in, how did they decide these players belonged to these clubs..... seems pretty wrong to me

 

[The Colonel]

The breakdown on the "junior areas" are quite confusing. The Roosters have pretty much the majority of NSW outside of the traditional areas of Newcastle, Wollongong, Sydney Metro and Penrith and Canberra.

Melbourne have from Mackay down as far as the Qld border. Nth Qld have from Mackay up.

Brisbane basically have the city of Brisbane and surrounding areas.

 

[The Preacher]

Without naming players, I can't see how some of these qualify for sides they have been selected with. I'll have to go to the Big League to see the guidelines for selection, but it looks a bit "suss" to me.

 

[roosters06]

far out - if only we could put that side out on the park this year - we'd be carving up!

 

[The Colonel]

far out - if only we could put that side out on the park this year - we'd be carving up!

I'd be happy just to see it come under the salary cap.... ;-)

 

[roosters06]

I'd be happy just to see it come under the salary cap.... ;-)

it would take some exceptional creative accounting to get that lineup under the cap!

 

[Red Bear]

SEA EAGLES: A MacDougall, S Meaney, S Harris, S Menzies, M Creary; B Kearney, M Orford; M O'Meley, V Mauro, J King; C Heighington, A Watmough, G Morrison.

Bold are the Norths players in this lineup, probly the more quality ones as well(apart from Kearny).

 

[Biscuits]

Big league have allocated the Roosters nsw country otherwise they would only have Ryan cross.
Melbourne have no juniors so have been allocated queensland country.
They also stae that Manlys catchment takes in the central coast as well as the northern beaches.

 

[t-ba]

Pretty stupid exercise imo...I demand BK Justice! Manly Marlin!!

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Probably the sh*ttiest article in the sh*ttiest magazine ever.

League Week must be laughing they asses off.

RLW > Big League.

 

[aids]

i know we bag out roosters juniors, but doesn't the dogs team look ordinary?
edit: as does parra's

i think the wests team looks like an all over better team, with two average players, Dunley and M. Minichello

and go the bears, Heinghnington's a norths junior(cent coast) as well

 

[Special K]

SHARKS: D Simmons, L MacDougall, C Best, N Youngquest, B Howland; A Dykes, R Aitken; L Stuart, M Hilder, K Galloway; C Ciraldo, R Williams, S Isemonger.

possibly the worst side ever named in the history of any code. yuck!

 

[TheInsider]

I think its a great story... Proves a lot of points and gives fans a lot to talk about...

Bobby Digital... Why is Big League sh*t? RLW never has anything most people don't already know...

but they are both good reads.

 

[nqboy]

I enjoyed the article. Good laugh with the Rorters allocated NSW Country instead of the junior representative teams, and Melbourne Qld Country. Fairly sure Carl Webb is from Dalby or Roma, don't think either of them would qualify him for us but we'll take Sam Thaiday instead.

 

[***MH***]

It has El Masri as part of Wests District, when he was playing for Enfield, it used to be part of Wests but became part of Canterburys when Magpies left lidcombe for Campbelltown

 

[greeneyed]

I thought this was the most ridiculous article ever published in Big League. Awarding the whole of NSW country to the Rorters!!!!! South Queensland country to Melbourne?

In the case of my own club, the Raiders, many areas of our traditional development and recruitment districts in southern NSW were excluded - and "given" to the Roosters. This is the game's official program! Oh dear....

 

[greeneyed]

Plus it ignores the fact that the Raiders fund Souths Logan in Brisbane... yet all those juniors "belong" to the Broncos? Souths Logan would no longer exist but for Raiders funding....