Five players make representative sides

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Five players make representative sides
By Wayne Cousins

Tuesday 2 October 2012 12:32 PM
Five players make representative sides

Five Wests Tigers players will be in action in two international matches in Townsville on Saturday, October 13.

Captain Robbie Farah has been named in the Australian Kangaroos side as an interchange player for the Test match against New Zealand Kiwis at Dairy Farmers Stadium.

Lining up against Farah in the Tim Sheens Australian coached side will be Benji Marshall, who will be playing his 27th Test match for the Kiwis.

They will be joined in Townsville by three premiership winning Wests Tigers NYC players in Jacob Miller, Mosese Fotuaika (pictured) and Sauaso Sue.

Miller has been named as the Junior Kangaroos half-back to play the Junior Kiwis in the curtain-raiser to the Test match between Australia and New Zealand at Dairy Farmers Stadium.

It is the second time Miller has represented the Junior Kangaroos after pulling on the jersey in 2011.

Fotuaika and Sue will pull on the Junior Kiwis jerseys for the first time.

All three players enjoyed a superb year and played major roles in Wests Tigers winning the NYC premiership for the first time at ANZ Stadium last Sunday.

Wests Tigers NYC Coach Todd Payten was extremely happy for his men.

“Jacob, Mosese and Sauaso have been outstanding all season. They constantly deliver each week and thoroughly deserve their selections,’’ Payten said.

“This will be a tremendous experience for them and it will only make them better players. It certainly caps off a big few days for the boys.”
 
I know fotuaika is the one with the wraps and joining the full time squad next year. But throughout all 3 games I really felt that Sue outperformed him. Admittedly he is a bit smaller so he wouldn't be up for first grade straight away, but I hope he gets a nsw cup contract at least as this was his last year in the 20s
 
@bob56 said:

The Kiwi side was picked on form, so it's no surprise that Blair was omitted.

"The key is we've got to pick the guys who are playing well. That has always been our philosophy. Guys who deserve to be picked.''
 
@travis_bickle said:
@bob56 said:
NO BLAIR

The Kiwi side was picked on form, so it's no surprise that Blair was omitted.

"The key is we've got to pick the guys who are playing well. That has always been our philosophy. Guys who deserve to be picked.''

So why was Shaun Johnson picked then?
 
@happy tiger said:
Is Koroibete unavailable or has he pledged allegiance to Fiji ??

This is where it all goes wrong, trying to get these young kids to play for either Australia or New Zealand. if we want to fix this problem about eligibility, it needs to start from Junior Level.

Koro is a Fijian and should only be able to play for Fiji or a combined Pacific Island Group (Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Vanuatu)!
 
@Tiger Watto said:
@happy tiger said:
Is Koroibete unavailable or has he pledged allegiance to Fiji ??

This is where it all goes wrong, trying to get these young kids to play for either Australia or New Zealand. if we want to fix this problem about eligibility, it needs to start from Junior Level.

Koro is a Fijian and should only be able to play for Fiji or a combined Pacific Island Group (Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Vanuatu)!

X2\. We will never have a good international comp without this.
 
Koroibete only moved to Australia after he was 18 anyway I think. I don't think he even went to school here and his only "junior football" would be Wests Tigers NYC. He played international football for a Fiji rep team already so…
 
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