Appalling treatment of the lad. Leeds should follow it up with the disruption to his preseason too.

Disgusting and arrogant by Bennett.

Luckily he must already have one foot out of the door. Has taken us backwards. Taxi..

Absolutely pathetic to get him out there not to play him

Bennett is treating the game here with contempt. He is an out and out winger, one of the top scorers in the league in an average team and he cant get a spot on the wing ahead of Blake Austin who's not a winger.... wow. Disgraceful

Handley was flown over in case we picked up another injury to a winger or centre

Do people seriously think Handley is a better player than Blake Austin? Austin made a couple of errors last week but he is a far superior player to our other options

A better player? He's a better Winger.

It's ridiculous to fly Handley over for the last game to not even put him in the squad.

As a winger yes by a mile

Several players have/will fly to PNG and won’t play, you only play 17 players and there are considerably more in the squad

Flying as an existing squad member, who has been on tour for the whole time is one thing. Flying out for just one game, not being selected and having someone played miles out of position when you are fit and available, is insulting.

Yes several players that are already over there with the squad, flying a Winger out when we only have one fit one in the squad then not selecting him is pointless and insulting to the player

Do all the people who think its ridiculous that Handley hasnt been picked for GB think hes good enough to play on the wing for GB?

Its ridiculous he got flown out there i agree but its not ridiculous hes not playing for GB.

Id find it insulting and ridiculous if he did play. Hes ok is Ash. OK shouldnt warrant a GB shirt.

A GB squad with 1 fit winger, yes he warrants a go

It’s insulting to play a stand off who has no real experience of playing on the wing, in front of a winger who scored 22 tries there to laying for the 8th best team in the comp last year, especially when you’ve flown him half way around the world to tell him he’s not playing.

Is he good enough to play for GB? Well that’s a totally different question, and one you could ask of many of the current squad.

Agreed, he’s only just good enough for Super League, he shouldn’t be near the national side, we are so short of quality outside backs Bennett feels he has no choice but play players out of position

I think all that anyone is challenging is the absurdity of flying him over for the 9s then home, then back out to only not play him. Its neglegent.

That's my only gripe too Seth

I don't think GB team manager Peacock comes out of this fiasco particularly well either.

I wouldnt have thought so. Your team manager is your logistics man, not a decision maker.

And on top of this fiasco, the only reason he was chosen over someone else was because he’s already had his vaccinations from when the knights went to PNG.

Handley should of been playing from the start. Ryan Hall has hardly played at all this season for the Roosters, and coming off an injury as well doesn't help. Handley I believe played every game last season, and came joint second highest try scorer. Then has experience against the PNG squad while playing for the Knights last year. Surely this should of been a no brainier instead of putting a half back on the wing. Feel sorry for the poor lad.

We have some very good wingers who just have not been available.

Our centre situation has been an on going problem for as long as i can remember. I can only name half a dozen at a stretch who have been up to scratch at international level since the late 80's.

We should be able to sort out the full back position, hopefully Zak can have a good year in 2020 he would be my choice.

Until we find some quality centres though we are always going to struggle to match the top sides out wide.

I agree Biff that we've certainly not been blessed with centres at international level that could cause problems for the elite nations for quite some time

We could already have 2 future England/GB centres on our books in Newman and Broadbent if they continue their development as we all hope

I would argue that in gildart and Connor we have two decent centres, not worldys I agree but a good foundation. Percival was missing and he is good. Newman has a chance to break through.

I think if everyone is fit we have the makings of a solid side. Bennett flucked it up with appalling team selection and tactics.

Hate to say it but someone like Wane with his no nonesense approach is the forwards but willingness to move it wide is what we need. Bennett is a man lost.

I like Andrew Stewart from the academy too and new signing Corey Hall might end up there.

Newman and Broadbent could be a cracking combination if they realise their potential.

Big, fast backs all seem to be playing Union.