Four Nations

[Sabre]

**Australian Squad:**
Cameron Smith ©, Darius Boyd, Shannon Boyd, Boyd Cordner, Cooper Cronk, Josh Dugan, Blake Ferguson, Jake Friend, Tyson Frizell, Matt Gillett, Valentine Holmes, Greg Inglis, David Klemmer, James Maloney, Josh Mansour, Trent Merrin, Michael Morgan, Matt Moylan, Justin O'Neill, Josh Papalii, Matt Scott, Sam Thaiday, Johnathan Thurston, Aaron Woods

**New Zealand Squad:**
Gerard Beale, Adam Blair, Jesse Bromwich, Lewis Brown, Greg Eastwood, David Fusitu'a, Tohu Harris, Shaun Johnson, Jordan Kahu, Solomone Kata, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Thomas Leuluai, Issac Luke, Simon Mannering, Te Maire Martin, Manu Ma'u, Jason Nightingale, Kevin Proctor, Jordan Rapana, Joseph Tapine, Jason Taumalolo, Martin Taupau, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.

**England squad:**
John Bateman, Kevin Brown, George Burgess, Sam Burgess, Thomas Burgess, Daryl Clark, Mike Cooper, Liam Farrell, Brett Ferres, Luke Gale, James Graham, Ryan Hall, Chris Hill, Josh Hodgson, Jonny Lomax, Jermaine McGillvary, Mark Percival, Stefan Ratchford, Dan Sarginson, Scott Taylor, Kallum Watkins, Elliott Whitehead, Gareth Widdop, George Williams.

**Scotland Squad:**
Danny Addy, Euan Aitkin, Ryan Brierley, Sam Brooks, Danny Brough, Tyler Cassel, Lachlan Coote, Luke Douglas, Dale Ferguson, Ben Hellewell, Liam Hood, Ben Kavanagh, Kane Linnett, Ryan Maneely, Frankie Mariano, Billy McConnachie, Kieran Moran, Brett Phillips, Callum Phillips, Sheldon Powe-Hobbs, Matthew Russell, Lewis Tierney, Dave Scott, Adam Walker.

 

[happy_tiger]

Congrats to Woodsy

But here is the thing that just makes the NRL look like they are true nongs and have no idea

Andrew Fifita is deemed worthy enough able to win a premiership ring , something that means more to any player that anything else , yet is deemed not worthy enough to play in some two bit international comp that's really only means $20 k a game to the Australian players in real terms

Gee I bet Fifita is bawling his eyes out into his teacup at the moment

 

[Tigertigertiger]

Justin Oneill,that will do me

Darius Boyd and Blake Ferguson both lucky

 

[Kavi]

Justin Oneill,that will do me

Darius Boyd and Blake Ferguson both lucky

boyd was always going to make it as he has been playing decent and is the incumbent…

 

[Tigertigertiger]

Justin Oneill,that will do me

Darius Boyd and Blake Ferguson both lucky

boyd was always going to make it as he has been playing decent and is the incumbent…

If Boyd is better than Teddy I'll give up following the game lol

 

[happy_tiger]

Justin Oneill,that will do me

Darius Boyd and Blake Ferguson both lucky

boyd was always going to make it as he has been playing decent and is the incumbent…

If Boyd is better than Teddy I'll give up following the game lol

No one is arguing that Teddy isn't good , but Boyd at the top level of the game (SOO) was the best player from both sides in the 2016 series

Teddy has to prove he is far better than Boyd before Boyd should be dropped

Or even move Boyd to a wing , but Boyd deserves his position in Australia's Top 17

 

[Tigertigertiger]

Justin Oneill,that will do me

Darius Boyd and Blake Ferguson both lucky

boyd was always going to make it as he has been playing decent and is the incumbent…

If Boyd is better than Teddy I'll give up following the game lol

No one is arguing that Teddy isn't good , but Boyd at the top level of the game (SOO) was the best player from both sides in the 2016 series

Teddy has to prove he is far better than Boyd before Boyd should be dropped

Or even move Boyd to a wing , but Boyd deserves his position in Australia's Top 17

And here I was thinking the NSW selection process was a farce, the Kangaroos are quickly catching up

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Have the Poms and Scots named their sides?

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Have the Poms and Scots named their sides?

 

[Geo]

**England squad:**
John Bateman (Wigan Warriors); Kevin Brown (Widnes Vikings); George Burgess; Sam Burgess; Thomas Burgess (all South Sydney Rabbitohs); Daryl Clark (Warrington Wolves); Mike Cooper (Warrington Wolves/St George-Illwarra Dragons); Liam Farrell (Wigan Warriors); Brett Ferres (Leeds Rhinos); Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers); James Graham (Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs); Ryan Hall (Leeds Rhinos); Chris Hill (Warrington Wolves); Josh Hodgson (Canberra Raiders); Jonny Lomax (St Helens); Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants); Mark Percival (St Helens); Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves); Dan Sarginson (Wigan Warriors/Gold Coast Titans); Scott Taylor (Hull FC); Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos); Elliott Whitehead (Canberra Raiders); Gareth Widdop (St George Illawarra Dragons); George Williams (Wigan Warriors).

http://www.nrl.com/bennett-names-first-england-squad/tabid/10874/newsid/102025/default.aspx

 

[TCL]

Justin Oneill,that will do me

Darius Boyd and Blake Ferguson both lucky

boyd was always going to make it as he has been playing decent and is the incumbent…

I agree with your point, but this incumbent argument confuses me. When it suits the selectors its incumbent when it doesn't its form.

So does that mean Boyd wasn't as good as Teddy but Teddy was not significantly better than Boyd?

 

[Geo]

**Scotland Squad**..

Danny Addy, Euan Aitkin, Ryan Brierley, Sam Brooks, Danny Brough, **Tyler Cassel**, Lachlan Coote, Luke Douglas, Dale Ferguson, Ben Hellewell, Liam Hood, Ben Kavanagh, Kane Linnett, Ryan Maneely, Frankie Mariano, Billy McConnachie, Kieran Moran, Brett Phillips, Callum Phillips, Sheldon Powe-Hobbs, Matthew Russell, Lewis Tierney, Dave Scott, Adam Walker.

Congrats Tyler..

 

[Tigerdon]

Keith Galloway is out injured but Tyler Cassel should do the WTs proud for the Scots

 

[Geo]

Australian Side,,

No. Player - Kangaroo No.
1\. Darius Boyd - 760
2\. Blake Ferguson - 804
3\. Greg Inglis - 737
4\. Josh Dugan - 801
5\. Valentine Holmes - 809*
6\. Johnathan Thurston - 731
7\. Cooper Cronk - 744
8\. Matt Scott - 773
9\. Cameron Smith © - 738
10\. Shannon Boyd - 808*
11\. Boyd Cordner - 787
12\. Matt Gillett - 789
13\. Trent Merrin - 803

Interchange:
14\. David Klemmer - 797
15\. Michael Morgan - 807
16\. Tyson Frizell - 810*
17\. Sam Thaiday - 739

NZ Kiwis..

Kiwis team to face Australia
1 Jordan Kahu
2 Jason Nightingale
3 Solomone Kata
4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5 Jordan Rapana
6 Thomas Leuluai
7 Shaun Johnson
8 Jesse Bromwich (c)
9 Issac Luke
10 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
11 Kevin Proctor
12 Tohu Harris
13 Jason Taumalolo

Interchange:
14 Lewis Brown
15 Martin Taupau
16 Manu Ma'u
17 Adam Blair
18 Joseph Tapine
19 Gerard Beale

 

[jirskyr]

Australian Side,,

No. Player - Kangaroo No.
1\. Darius Boyd - 760
2\. Blake Ferguson - 804
3\. Greg Inglis - 737
4\. Josh Dugan - 801
5\. Valentine Holmes - 809*
6\. Johnathan Thurston - 731
7\. Cooper Cronk - 744
8\. Matt Scott - 773
9\. Cameron Smith © - 738
10\. Shannon Boyd - 808*
11\. Boyd Cordner - 787
12\. Matt Gillett - 789
13\. Trent Merrin - 803

Interchange:
14\. David Klemmer - 797
15\. Michael Morgan - 807
16\. Tyson Frizell - 810*
17\. Sam Thaiday - 739

NZ Kiwis..

Kiwis team to face Australia
1 Jordan Kahu
2 Jason Nightingale
3 Solomone Kata
4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5 Jordan Rapana
6 Thomas Leuluai
7 Shaun Johnson
8 Jesse Bromwich (c)
9 Issac Luke
10 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
11 Kevin Proctor
12 Tohu Harris
13 Jason Taumalolo

Interchange:
14 Lewis Brown
15 Martin Taupau
16 Manu Ma'u
17 Adam Blair
18 Joseph Tapine
19 Gerard Beale

Woods isn't injured?

I'm all for blooding new talent when required, and definitely positive about considering finals form when selecting end-of-year sides, but this has me head scratching.

So Merrin and S Boyd are not good enough to play Origin, but get called directly into the Aussie side? It's not a bad side, but if Woods isn't the best Aussie prop in the comp on form, then he's second.

And if you are reflecting finals form, out of the entire grand final player group there are only 3 who make this side and just a debutant from the premiers. In fact 4 of the starting 13 and 5 total didn't even figure in the finals, 1 played 1 match, another 4 played 2 matches.

I know Sheens played favourites when he picked Farah and Lawrence way back, but at least the more obvious choices were injured

 

[Geo]

Woods got married today….

 

[jirskyr]

Woods got married today….

OK but I had to dig high and low to find that out, think NRL would have mentioned it with the team rather than have lots of people say WTF.

 

[newtiger]

Woods got married today….

With or without the beard?

 

[innsaneink]


 

[WestsBenTigers]

Justin Oneill,that will do me

Darius Boyd and Blake Ferguson both lucky

boyd was always going to make it as he has been playing decent and is the incumbent…

I understand your point but I don't get why Teddy isn't playing if the squad is 'looking to the future'
I thought Teddy was the future for the Roos.