Matt Ballin (Sea Eagles)
Darius Boyd (Dragons)
Petero Civoniceva (Panthers)
Neville Costigan (Dragons)
Cooper Cronk (Storm)
Israel Folau (Broncos)
Ben Hannant (Bulldogs)
Ashley Harrison (Titans)
Justin Hodges (Broncos)
Karmichael Hunt (Broncos)
Greg Inglis (Storm)
Dallas Johnson (Storm)
Darren Lockyer (Broncos)
Steve Michaels (Broncos)
Nate Myles (Roosters)
Corey Parker (Broncos)
Steven Price (Warriors)
Scott Prince (Titans)
Billy Slater (Storm)
Cameron Smith (Storm)
David Shillington (Raiders)
David Stagg (Bulldogs)
Sam Thaiday (Broncos)
Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)
Willie Tonga (Cowboys)


Good squad...

Id go:

Hunt
Michaels
Hodges
Inglis
Falou
Lockyer
Prince
Price
Smith
Civinoceva
Thaiday
Parker
Johnson

Slater
Hannant
Myles
Schillington

Fook me though... what a set of reserves.

myles has been very poor when i've seen him recently

Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)

hunt over slater, no way in hell.

id put hunt on the bench though.

inglis, slater, folau, hodges, thurston, locker.

does the rest matter.

Hunt looks to be coming back to his form from 2 years back and I think its a very close call between the 2. Either way one should be on the bench for the utility value. As for Prince and Thurston, again very close. Prince must be doing something right though as the Titans are up there.

I agree though, what a backline whoever plays. Cant see NSW getting near this year.

Hunt or Slater will do the job just fine.

Going into the World Cup, I thought we should play Slater against the Poms and Hunt against the Kiwis. Now we obviously didn't play Hunt against the Kiwis, but based on the performances from Slater, I still feel my opinion is justified. Going by the same logic, I think Hunt would be best choice against us, especially if we're dumb enough to play Hoffman again.

Slater has certainly scored some spectacular tries against us, but his impact in Origin has always been sporadic. Hunt is more consistent.

Ballin has been pretty ordinary so far this season for me,NathanFriend will be wondering what more he can do to make the squad.

yeah if you are going on current form hunt is going better than slater.

and if it were up to me id go with prince and thurston and put lockyer on the bench. or go prince and lockyer and drop thurston.

NSW would die for these choices

and theyve still got cooper cronk waiting in the wings

good call on that, friend is a better player than ballin

i think they picked him cause his team won the GF last year

it was a great try he scored though years back

probably the most attractive try ever scored at origin imo

Can't see NSW getting anywhere near this lot if they turn up and play - could be embarrassing

FMD finally you make a post about RL in australia that is close to the truth.

how long before you make a second

There is nothing in the game that is more exciting than having 500 players named in extended rep squads months out from the actual reps games.

Honestly, I wish they did it every day instead of just every second day.

One thing is for sure it will be before you make your first

who would have thought the kiwis would beat the roo's in the WC? they have a chance, and if they do the right things as a team then they can win.

GO BLUES!

Slater
Boyd
Hodges
Inglis
Folau
Lockyer
Thurston
Price
Smith
Civoniceva
Thaiday
Parker
Johnson

Hunt
Hannant
Shillington
Prince

Jeez, that's one hell of a team.

1 Slater
2 Boyd
3 Inglis
4 Hodges
5 Folau
6 Lockyer
7 Thurston
8 Price
9 Smith
10 Civoniceva
11 Thaiday
12 Harrison
13 Johnson

14 Hunt/Prince
15 Hannant
16 Shillington
17 Myles

Going by Meningas interview yesterday,if Thurston as expected is selected,Prince wont be anywhere on the bench,said they wouldnt waste a bench spot with another half-back,words to that effect.

blues can win

Yeah,im with you Fredie,2-1 to Blues,got nothing to base that on really,just hoping NSW will be hungrier to turn it around and maybe a bit of complacency from the canetoads?

www.leaguehq.com.au/news/lhqnews ... 62810.html mentions cronk as an option for the bench its between prince, hunt and cronk for a bench spot. id go hunt myself. i like the idea of 3 halves, its worked well in the nrl. bring on hunt as nsw tire.

www.leaguehq.com.au/news/lhqnews ... 62810.html mentions cronk as an option for the bench its between prince, hunt and cronk for a bench spot. id go hunt myself. i like the idea of 3 halves, its worked well in the nrl. bring on hunt as nsw tire.

The Kiwis were much closer in quality to the Aussies - especially in the forwards - than NSW are to Queensland.

The only weak link for Queensland is the coach not be a fulltime club coach

yes ER, any ideas who the brains behind the queensland coaching ranks is?

on paper nsw dont have a hope in hell.

on paper queensland kill nsw.

the funny thing is 65% of all NRL players come from nsw so clearly queensland produces in quality not quantity.

the depth of the queensland backs is unbelievable.

they can leave out scott prince and cooper cronk. nsw would kill for either.

looking back over 100 years of Queensland RL teams, the current team is probably the best theyve ever had.

its a very special side.

if nsw win its up there with the 1995 result.

NSW need a miracle.

nsw should just blood the youngsters and look to the future

last year they had the chance to give farah, carney and campese a go and they didnt.

it looks like campese will get the 6 jumper so thats a good thing

i hope michael jennings gets a go at centre and jamie lyon the other centre.

nsw really needed brett stewart. his loss killed it for me.